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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge: Episode 2: Palestrina, Manchicourt, Marenzio

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Episode 2: Palestrina, Manchicourt, Marenzio

Palestrina, Manchicourt, Marenzio

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Live in Concert, Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, Palestrina, Manchicourt, Marenzio

With a motet and a mass composed for St Cecilia by Palestrina and six contemporaries.

From St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, a concert in honour of St Cecilia concludes with a motet and a mass composed for her by Palestrina and six of his Roman contemporaries.

Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge 

Presented by Catherine Bott

A mass and motets in honour of St Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, performed by the BBC Singers and Peter Phillips

G P da Palestrina: 
Motet: Cantantibus organis 

Palestrina and others: Missa cantantibus organis 

Pierre de Manchicourt: Cantantibus organis 
Luca Marenzio: Cantantibus organis

St Cecilia, patroness of musicians and church music, was a Roman noblewoman, martyred for her Christian faith, whose feast day falls on November 22. In this BBC Singers concert, live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, Peter Phillips conducts 16th and 17th century music celebrating St Cecilia and her honoured place in music. The programme includes motets for her feast day, a mass in her honour composed by Palestrina and six of his Roman contemporaries, and some of the winning entries from the famous St Cecilia international motet-writing competition set up by Guillaume de Costeley in France in the 1570s.

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Catherine Bott presents a concert featuring music in honour of St Cecilia

Catherine Bott presents a concert featuring music in honour of St Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, performed by the BBC Singers and Peter Phillips

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