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Requiem for Palestrina

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

from Westminster
Cathedral, London.
On the 400th anniversary of the death of the Roman composer Palestrina, perhaps the greatest
Renaissance church music composer, his music is performed in the context of a Requiem Mass to be heard throughout Europe. Palestrina Missa pro defunctis; Sicut cervus G F Anerio Dies Irae
Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell
Celebrant Fr Mark Langham

Source: Radio Times

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