13 February 2010
St Michael le Belfrey, York
7.30 pm (ends c.9.30 pm)
Tickets £14 (£12)
Music for the Sistine Chapel
including Palestrina Stabat Mater, Allegri Miserere
Part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michaelangelo in 1508, restored in 1994
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, based in Rome, is often considered to be one of the most influential figures of 16th century polyphony and the consummate master of high Renaissance contrapuntal style. His Stabat Mater is amongst his most moving compositions. Included in this programme are other motets by Palestrina for the Papal Chapel. A later member of the choir there was Gregorio Allegri who would scarcely figure in the history of music but for his famous setting of Psalm 51.