Programmes for 2007/ 08 
Una stravaganza per Roma
This programme has at its heart the style know as the ‘colossal Baroque’ started by composers in Rome at the end of the 16th century. The thrilling 12-voice Missa Cantantibus organis Caecilia by Palestrina and his colleagues and pupils was probably written in the 1580s. Designed to impress, it is an opulent statement of the power concentrated in Rome and is set in context by Gregorian chant for the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music. In the second half, Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere with its plangent top Cs is set against works by Viadana and Marenzio as well as some dramatic 12-part motets by Palestrina.
Programme includes
| Missa Cantantibus organis Caecilia (a 12) | |
| Misererer mei, Deus (a 9) | Gregorio Allegri |
| O quam bonus (a 12) | Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina |
| Lamentabatur Jacob (a 12) | Luca Marenzio |
THE TIMES
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| L’HOMME ARMÉ | THE TUDORS | INHERITANCE: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS & THE TUDORS |
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| UNA STRAVAGANZA PER ROMA |
KEEPING THE FAITH: TALLIS, BYRD & 16TH- CENTURY ENGLAND |
