Choirs from the U.S. and abroad joined series presenting sacred masterworks by Palestrina in their intended setting — the Holy Mass. The series commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of ...

When James O'Donnell moved as choirmaster from Westminster Cathedral to Westminster Abbey, Martin Baker,deputy at the Abbey, went in the opposite direction to succeed O'Donnell. Baker's first ...

Some may find sacred music composer Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina’s work challenging to sing but the Midwest Motet Society is up to the challenge. The Flossmoor-based chamber choir presents “Rome ...

Missa Papae Marcelli Giovanni Palestrina, Composer Ensemble Officium Wilfried Rombach, Conductor Viri Galilaei Ensemble Officium Anonymous, Composer Wilfried Rombach, Conductor Omnes gentes Wilfried ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After all the early music scholarship in recent decades, it must seem that the music by a composer as prominent ...

Donald Macleod investigates the life of a Renaissance genius, Giovanni da Palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) was one of the most influential composers in European classical ...

Specially recorded by the BBC Singers (the BBC's own full-time professional choir, and one of the world's great vocal ensembles) conducted by their Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury, the timeline ...

Having rounded off their survey of Victoria's music just in time for this year's 400th anniversary of his death, Harry Christophers and the Sixteen are now switching their attention to his great ...

In his lifetime, which extended from about 1525 until 1594, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina occupied a niche apart from other composers, the purity of his counterpoint suggesting musical piety that ...

The Palestrina Ensemble Munich is larger than either of the two just named, midway between a chamber ensemble and a choir, but sounding at times nearer an amateur group than a strictly professional ...