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Queen's College Chapel
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England
Tickets
Prices: £25 / £5
Book Tickets
Programme
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Assumpta est Maria
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Missa Surge propera
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Salve Regina II for 5 Voices
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Nigra sum
~ Interval ~
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Asperges me, Domine
Philippe Rogier – Caligaverunt oculi mei
Philippe Rogier – Inclina cor meum
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Pange lingua (more hispano)
Philippe Rogier – Cantantibus Organis
Performers
Owen Rees – Conductor
Programme Note
Oxford’s renowned early-music consort Contrapunctus traces the career of Tomás Luis de Victoria across two great centres of Renaissance music: Rome and Madrid. At the heart of the programme is Victoria’s exquisite Missa Surge propera, framed by motets by Victoria and his Roman contemporary Palestrina, illuminating the composer’s formative years in the papal city. The second half turns to Madrid, where Victoria spent his later career, placing his music alongside that of Philippe Rogier, a leading figure at the Spanish court.
Join us for a programme that explores the stylistic richness, devotional intensity, and international influences that shaped one of the most expressive voices of the late Renaissance.
