Day of Judgement

Dies Irae: Medieval Hymn for the 21st Century

August 17, 2022 by

Wildfires are raging, torrential rains are flooding the lowlands, melting glaciers are submerging coastlines and heatwaves are baking the landscape. A modern-day plague kills millions of people while nuclear powers rattle their sabers and threaten the world with annihilation. In these scary and foreboding times, the medieval chant Dies Irae resonates more than ever.

Guarneri Hall NFP
11 East Adams Street · 3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
847.780.6720

Guarneri Hall is located in Chicago’s Loop, near Symphony Center and the Art Institute of Chicago. Convenient paid garage parking is available east of the building at 17 East Adams. We are close to numerous bus and train routes; CTA Red and Blue Lines stop nearby at Jackson while Purple, Brown, Green, Orange, and Pink Lines are steps away at Adams and Wabash.