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Catherine Bott presents a programme of music by Palestrina and some of the composers who may have influenced his now familiar style. The performances come from a concert given at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge by The 91福利社 Singers, conducted by Peter Phillips. What Peter Phillips wanted to achieve when he chose this repertoire was to show "where Palestrina came from". We know that he came from Palestrina - a small hill-town not far from Rome - but this concert was designed to find out how he developed his compositional style - who his major influences were, and which other composers he may have known. Composers such as Carpentras, Firmin Lebel, Josquin Desprez and Costanzo Festa all had a degree of influence on the great Vatican composer - and each has at least one work in the programme. The programme also features pieces by Palestrina himself, including the 6-part Pentecostal motet "Dum complerentur" and his 5-part setting of the "Lamentations of Jeremiah".

PLAYLIST:

Palestrina - Dum complerentur 脙聽6
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
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Lebel - Puer natus est
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
[91福利社 recording]

Josquin des Prez - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
[91福利社 recording]

Festa - Inviolata integra et casta es Maria
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
[91福利社 recording]

Festa - Quam pulchra es 脙聽4
91福利社 Singers
Conducted by Peter Phillips
[91福利社 recording]

Carpentras - Lamentations 脙聽4
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
[91福利社 recording]

Palestrina - Lamentations 脙聽5
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Conducted by Peter Phillips
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