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In a concert from Merton College, Oxford, Petroc Trelawny presents the 大象传媒 Singers in 16th and 17th-century Italian choral music, by Palestrina, Festa, Frescobaldi and Sweelinck.

Live from Merton College, Oxford, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert of "Roman Glories" - spectacular choral music of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The 大象传媒 Singers perform motets, a spectacular magnificat and a mass for double choir by three of the key figures in Roman music in the 16th and 17th centuries. Frescobaldi's mass is based on music for a famously lavish 1589 Medici wedding (which included a mock sea battle in the flooded courtyard of the Pitti Palace as only one of the month-long festivities). Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani plays organ and harpsichord music derived from this celebratory mass.

Palestrina: Laudate Pueri

Festa: Magnificat Octavi Toni

Frescobaldi: Messa Sopra L'Aria di Fiorenza

Plus keyboard works by Frescobaldi and Sweelinck

大象传媒 Singers
Mahan Esfahani (organ and harpsichord)
Peter Phillips (conductor).

40 minutes

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Thu 16 Sep 2010 19:00

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