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Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Programme

Hieronymus Praetorius – Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum

Performers

Patrick Allies – Conductor

Siglo de Oro

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Programme Note

Full Programme
Lassus: Tristis est anima mea
Gallus: Filiae Jerusalem, nolite flere
Praetorius: O vos omnes
Hassler: Deus, Deus meus
Praetorius: Tulerunt Dominum meum
Praetorius: Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum: Kyrie, Gloria
Andrea Gabrieli: Maria stabat ad monumentum
Praetorius: Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum: Credo
Praetorius: Surrexit Pastor Bonus
Praetorius: Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum: Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Siglo de Oro present a programme of late Renaissance choral music for Holy Week. The centrepiece is an effervescent double-choir mass for Easter Day by Hieronymus Praetorius, organist at Hamburg's Jakobikirche in the early 17th century. Alongside Praetorius' masterpiece are Passiontide motets by composers whose influence is heard in the mass: Bavarian Hans Leo Hassler, Netherlandish Orlande de Lassus, and Venetian Andrea Gabrieli.

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