Saturday 17 November 2018
St John's College Chapel, CB2 1TP
The lyrical, lush yet refined world of Palestrina’s choral music has come to define the sound of the late Renaissance – and nobody brings it to life better than The Tallis Scholars.
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But it was not always so: in the mid16th century, Spanish composers such as Josquin and Morales dominated the field of sacred music before Palestrina, working in Rome’s Vatican churches, put Italy firmly at the centre of the musical map.
‘Music for the Sistine Chapel’ recreates that time and its heavenly sounds, including one of the most widely-recognised pieces of its kind, Allegri’s ‘Miserere’, famous for its soaring high Cs.
“…an uncanny ability to increase emotional intensity so subtly that you don’t realise it’s happening. Then, suddenly, pow! The music’s blazing; so are you…” THE TIMES
“The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music.” THE NEW YORK TIMES
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips conductor
Palestrina Missa Assumpta est Maria (Kyrie)
Morales Regina caeli
Palestrina Missa Ecce ego Johannes (Gloria)
Festa Quam pulchra es
Carpentras Lamentations
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli (Credo)
Allegri Miserere mei, Deus
Palestrina Missa Confitebor tibi domine (Sanctus)
Campkin Miserere Mei – new work
Josquin Inter natos mulierum
Palestrina Missa Brevis (Agnus Dei)
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Running time:
1 hour 50 minutes, including a short interval.