Famed on two churchly accounts is the town of Ivrea in the foothills of the Italian Alps. In Ivrea St. Patrick stopped on his way from Rome to Ireland. In the mountains overlooking Ivrea is the birthplace and home of Pietro Yon, famed organist of Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Two summers ago in the quiet of his mountain lodge Organist Yon felt inspired to tell in music the story of the Irish Saint for whom his Cathedral was named. Back in New York he commissioned a libretto from Armando Romano, an editor of...
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