Choir Concert: Striggio's 'Ecce beatam lucem'
Date: Saturday 14 May 2016
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Venue
Merton College Chapel
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Merton Choir Alumni
Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips directors
Striggio's great 40-part motet, lost for 400 years and rediscovered in 2007, is believed to have spurred Thomas Tallis to write his masterpiece, Spem in alium, when Striggio brought it to London in 1567. The Choir's success as a breeding ground for young singers was celebrated with the return of some of its most outstanding alumni to bring Striggio's great piece to life, alongside other works by the renaissance choral masters Gabrieli, Victoria, Praetorius and Schutz.
Programme
Striggio Ecce beatam lucem (motet in 40 parts)
works by Gabrieli, Victoria, Praetorius & Schutz
