Stile Antico

Thursday, 30 January 2025 at 7:30 pm

The Prince of Music

Temple Music

Temple Church, London, United Kingdom

Stile Antico marks its twentieth season by honouring the undisputed master of the style which gives the group its name: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, whose quincentenary falls in 2025. Palestrina’s stellar career was inextricably entwined with the Papacy and the great churches of Rome for which he composed. This programme explores the music he would have sung at the Sistine Chapel, the changes in his style demanded by the Counter-Reformation, his tragic personal life, and his influence on his successors. The repertoire is sumptuous, including several of Palestrina’s most beloved and timeless motets, gems by other leading composers active in Rome, and a new work by leading British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, written especially for this programme.

Palestrina: Sicut cervus

THE PAPAL CHAPEL
Josquin: Salve Regina
Arcadelt: Pater noster
Palestrina: Tu es Petrus

THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
Palestrina: Nigra sum sed Formosa
Victoria: Trahe me post te
Palestrina: Credo from Missa Papae Marcelli

Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis

A TIME OF TURMOIL
Palestrina: Peccantem me quotidie
Palestrina: Gioia m’abond’al cor
Palestrina: Surge propera amica mea

IN PRAISE OF MUSIC
Palestrina: Cantantibus organis
Palestrina: Exultate Deo
Lassus: Musica Dei donum

PALESTRINA’S RICH LEGACY
Anerio: Christus factus est
Allegri: Christus resurgens
Cheryl: Frances-Hoad A Gift of Heaven 

Palestrina: Laudate Dominum a 12

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