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09/12/2007
Aled Jones is joined by Renaissance specialist Peter Phillips, who explains why polyphony upset the Church authorities and how composers got round their demands.
Aled Jones is joined by Renaissance specialist Peter Phillips, who explains why polyphony upset the Church authorities and how, after the Council of Trent was convened, composers such as Palestrina and Jacopus de Kerle got round their subsequent demand for simplicity in music. With specially recorded examples provided by the 大象传媒 Singers.
Plus there's news from Philip Ledger, fresh from the British premiere of his Requiem and with several other choral commissions in the pipeline.
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Sun 9 Dec 2007
18:30
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