Philips dedicated his Cantiones Sacrae to the Virgin Mary, aiming for the "confirmation and amplification of the Catholic, Apostolic and Roman faith, and the extirpation and confusion of Heresy and Heretics."
Composer Biography
Peter Philips, a prominent English composer, fled England due to his Roman Catholic faith and found refuge in the English College in Rome.
Composition History
Philips's Cantiones Sacrae Quinis et Octonibus Vocibus, published in 1612 and 1613, was his first major publication of sacred music.
Compositional Technique
Peter Philips's music blends continental late Renaissance styles, using diverse textures from old-fashioned polyphony to simple chordal writing and academic canons to madrigalian word-painting.
Composer Biography
Peter Philips was arrested and imprisoned in The Hague, accused of complicity in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I, but was later found innocent.
Critical Reception
The Sarum Consort's previous Peter Philips disc was described as 'magical' on BBC Radio 3 and received five stars for performance in BBC Music Magazine.
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