The Schola Polyphonica
Director, Henry Washington
Motets (Song of Songs, Nos. 4-6):
Vineam meam non custodivi; Si ignoras te, o pulchra inter mulieres; Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Mass: Ecce sacerdos magnus
In 1554 Palestrina's first printed volume appeared, a book of masses dedicated to Pope Julius III. The first of these, Ecce sacerdos magnus, in homage to the Pope, was based on the vespers antiphon for the commemoration of a pontiff-confessor.
This is the second of a series of nine programmes of music by Palestrina. The next programme, on February 4, wiU include motets and madrigals.