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Composer of the Week: Palestrina

BBC Radio 3
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Today Donald Macleod explores Palestrina's relationship with the Popes, his work with the Papal Choir and the composition of his most famous masterpiece, the Missa Papae Marcelti.

Victimae Paschali - Choir of New College, Oxford, conductor Edward Higginbottom

Vexilla Regis Prodeunt - Lugano Chamber Society, conductor Edwin Loehrer
Missa Papae Marcelli Oxford Camerata, conductor Jeremy Summerly

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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