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The Early Music Show: The Forebears of Palestrina

The Forebears of Palestrina

17/01/2010

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Forebears of Palestrina

The BBC Singers perform music by Palestrina and his forebears from 16th-century Italy.

Catherine Bott presents a concert given by the BBC 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 BBC 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 Ã 6
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Lebel - Puer natus est
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Josquin des Prez - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Festa - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Festa - Quam pulchra es Ã 4
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Carpentras - Lamentations Ã 4
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording]

Palestrina - Lamentations Ã 5
BBC Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[BBC recording].

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