Allegri’s Miserere has echoed down the ages as a high point of Renaissance sacred choral music. This concert presents a new version of this iconic work and builds around it a sequence of other music and composers from the Papal court that have remained too long in its shadow.
Performers
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor
Programme
Plainsong Decora Lux Aeternitatis Auream
Allegri ‘Kyrie’ from Missa Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole
Palestrina ‘Gloria’ from Missa Papae Marcelli
Allegri Miserere
Anerio Magnificat a8
Marenzio Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole
Allegri ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Benedictus’ from Missa Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole
Anerio Ave Regina Caelorum a8
Anerio Stabat Mater a12
Allegri Christus Resurgens Ex Mortuis
Plainsong Assumpta Est Maria (Antiphon For 2nd Vespers)
Palestrina Assumpta Est Maria