BFM8 Stile Antico - Palestrina The Prince of Music

Palestrina Sicut cervus
Josquin Salve Regina
Arcadelt Pater noster
Palestrina Tu es Petrus
Palestrina Nigra sum sed Formosa
Victoria Trahe me post te
Palestrina Credo from Missa Papae Marcelli
Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis
Palestrina Peccantem me quotidie
Palestrina Gioia m'abond'al cor
Palestrina Surge propera amica mea
Palestrina Cantantibus organis
Palestrina Exultate Deo
Lassus Musica Dei donum
Anerio Christus factus est
Allegri Christus Resurgens
Cheryl Frances-Hoad A Gift of Heaven
Palestrina Laudate Dominum a 12

Stile Antico are one of the world’s leading a cappella ensembles.

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 and excepts from the timeless masterpiece which is Missa Papae Marcelli.