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The Forebears of Palestrina

Catherine Bott presents a concert given by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers under Peter Phillips, including music by Palestrina and composers who may have influenced him.

Catherine Bott presents a programme of music by Palestrina and some of the composers who may have influenced his now familiar style. The performances come from a concert given at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge by The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, conducted by Peter Phillips. What Peter Phillips wanted to achieve when he chose this repertoire was to show "where Palestrina came from". We know that he came from Palestrina - a small hill-town not far from Rome - but this concert was designed to find out how he developed his compositional style - who his major influences were, and which other composers he may have known. Composers such as Carpentras, Firmin Lebel, Josquin Desprez and Costanzo Festa all had a degree of influence on the great Vatican composer - and each has at least one work in the programme. The programme also features pieces by Palestrina himself, including the 6-part Pentecostal motet "Dum complerentur" and his 5-part setting of the "Lamentations of Jeremiah".

PLAYLIST:

Palestrina - Dum complerentur à6
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Lebel - Puer natus est
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Josquin des Prez - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Festa - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Festa - Quam pulchra es à4
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Carpentras - Lamentations à4
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording]

Palestrina - Lamentations à5
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording].

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  • Sun 17 Jan 2010 13:00

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