ProgramLaudate Dominum omnes Gentes
FELICE ANERIO (c. 1560-1614) Praecinite Domino PIERRE BONHOMME (c. 1555-1617) Sicut cervus GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA (1525-1594) In convertendo Dominus LUPUS HELLINCK (c. 1493-1541) Misericordias Domini JOSQUIN des PREZ (c. 1450-1521) Ave Maria in Annuntiatione Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Missa Papae Marcelli GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA ArtistsDonald Meineke, Conductor
Choral Arts Philadelphia VenueSaint Patrick's Catholic Church, Rittenhouse
242 S 20th St Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
For nearly a millennium, Rome was the cultural and economic capital of the western world and, following the fall of the Roman Empire, became the official seat of the Roman Catholic Church. As the Catholic church grew in power and influence the finest music, art, and architecture were cultivated in the region, leaving for us a treasure trove of vast riches still to be experienced today. While legends have been refuted that the Roman Catholic church nearly forbid choral polyphony from the Mass had it not been for Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass, there is little doubt that the "Palestrina style" was, and is, the ultimate expression of the Roman school. Choral Arts Philadelphia closes its season with a concert filled with the splendor of the Roman Renaissance as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of Palestrina's birth, his iconic setting of the mass, and explore music of other composers from the Roman School who sought to capture a glimpse of heaven through music.
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our 24/25 season
PIPE AND VOICE
MUSIC OF 20TH CENTURY FRENCH CATHEDRALS |
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT
A Holiday Tradition |
NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Bach's Mass in B minor |
CATHEDRALS OF MEXICO
Grand Polyphony of Puebla and Mexico City |
ECHOS OF HEAVEN
Music of 16th Century Rome |