Musical Meditations around the Cathedral Church

Friday, 16 October 2026, 12 p.m.

On Friday, 16 October, at 12 p.m., the sounds of the great organ of Milan Cathedral will take centre stage in a special new event inside the Cathedral creating a musical dialogue that will fill the Cathedral’s naves with emotion.

To mark the 639th anniversary of the founding of the Veneranda Fabbrica—an occasion highlighted by the “Milano al Duomo” initiative, which will feature free admission to the Duomo for tourists on that same day—the Veneranda Fabbrica is offering the faithful and visitors an unforgettable musical experience.

Performed by Emanuele Carlo Vianelli, Organist and Coordinator of the Organists of Milan Cathedral, the programme offers a musical journey of approximately 45 minutes through a selection of significant works from the Italian and European organ tradition. Works by Marco Enrico Bossi, Alessandro Esposito and Charles-Marie Widor will guide the audience through Marian devotion, Franciscan meditation and a hymn of thanksgiving.

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Admission and Access:

Admission to this event is free while seats last, with no reservation required. It is an opportunity for the organ’s music to guide the audience through a moment of beauty and harmony in the spiritual and most symbolic heart of Milan.

Access to the Duomo will begin at 11:30 a.m.

Entry will be directly from the Cathedral’s façade, through the entrance reserved for worshippers (Portone Estremo Nord, on the side of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II).

The concert will be via streaming on the Duomo Milano TV YouTube channel.