Palestrina & Ingegneri: Sacred Works

Featuring

Gareth Wilson
James Mitchell
Lucy Morrell
Historic Brass of the Guildhall School and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Choir of Girton College, Cambridge
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Composer Biography

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, the composer, trained as a choirboy under Franco-Flemish masters at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, absorbing their learned style.

Compositional Technique

Palestrina's Missa sine nomine moves comfortably between chordal and imitative textures, allowing him to be very responsive to the text.

Instruments

Jeremy West continues the instrument-making work of Christopher Monk, focusing on the research, development, and reproduction of cornett and serpent families of instruments.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Palestrina's music became a model for subsequent composers due to his synthesis of traditional and modern styles, and his clear, elegant vocal lines.

Performer Biography

The Girton College Chapel Choir is an international prize-winning ensemble of around 26 students from the University of Cambridge, known for regular choral services and frequent performances.

Performer Biography

Jeremy West, a pioneer of the cornett, has been instrumental in reviving the instrument's popularity since the late 1970s and founded His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.