The Bellarmine University Music Department Performance Tour will once again travel to nearby Maiori today. The travelers have the opportunity to explore Amalfi and enjoy Maiori's Great Carnival celebrations today prior to this evening's choral performance.
Schola Cantorum and the Louisville Vocal Project will present their first Italian performance at Maiori's Chiesa di San Francesco this evening. The choirs will sing and participate in mass at the church at 6:00PM, immediately followed by a feature concert performance.
The beautiful Chiesa di San Francesco was constructed in 1405. It is located between the convent and the Cove of the Announced One (Grotta dell'Annunziata) in Maiori. The church has a rough history: In 1435 it was destroyed by the army of Muhammad II (Turkey) and rebuilt one year later by Saint Bernardino from Siena. A hard sea storm then hit the Chiesa di San Francesco in 1440. It was destroyed and in 1517 reconstructed on the oriental side of the convent. But the work was interrupted again by a Turkish invasion. In 1590 the construction was finally completed. Last but not least there were several constructive modifications after two seas storm in 1631 and 1674. The church is famed world-wide for the miracle of the springing water in the convent.
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