Funeral musicians in Agrigento

In many towns around Agrigento a funeral is still a moment for the whole community: the church fills with relatives, neighbours and lifelong friends. For a celebration like this live music helps everyone pray together and gives each person time to say goodbye. Maestro Ilarion, tenor and pianist, accompanies the whole funeral Mass on his own, at the organ or the piano.

Agrigento and its province

The Cathedral of San Gerlando at the top of the old town, the church of Santa Maria dei Greci and the neighbourhood parishes; then Favara, Porto Empedocle, Canicattì, Licata, and to the west Sciacca and Ribera. The Maestro arrives before the celebration to speak with the priest and prepare the chants.

Notice and travel

For a funeral in the Agrigento area at least 24 hours' notice is needed: the time to arrange the journey from eastern Sicily. The church, day and time are enough to confirm.

What is sung

The chants of the funeral liturgy, the Ave Maria by Schubert or Gounod, Panis Angelicus and, with the priest's consent, a piece chosen by the family. The guide to church funeral songs sets out the moments of the celebration and the pieces that suit them.

Also near Agrigento

Favara, Porto Empedocle, Canicattì, Licata, Sciacca, Ribera and the other towns of the province.