Details
Bristol Cathedral
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TJ
England
Programme
Traditional Plainsong – Regina caeli
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Regina Caeli (Kyrie)
James MacMillan – Dominus dabit benignitatem
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
James MacMillan – Videns Dominus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Stabat Mater a8
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Regina Caeli a8
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Vineam meam non custodivi
James MacMillan – Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
James MacMillan – Miserere
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Agnus Dei from Missa Regina caeli
Performers
Harry Christophers – Director
The Sixteen
Programme Note
Arguably The Sixteen’s most popular programme of all time, The Queen of Heaven focuses on three composers’ unique devotion to the church. A new version of Allegri’s renowned Miserere is paired with James MacMillan’s own setting of the text and pieces by ‘The Prince of Polyphony’ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.