Beginning as a boy chorister in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Palestrina’s first job was as organist at the Cathedral in Palestrina. In 1551 he was back in Rome as maestro di cappella of the Julian ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After all the early music scholarship in recent decades, it must seem that the music by a composer as ...

One of the most prolific composers of the late 16th century, Palestrina wrote 104 settings of the Mass, more than 250 motets, Magnificats, other sacred music, and some secular madrigals ...

The list of excommunicated priests for spreading messages on social media and among the faithful declaring that 'Bergoglio is ...

The BBC Singers are led by Guest Conductor Peter Phillips at St Paul's Knightsbridge for a concert of luminous choral music ...

Ravel’s solo piano works, choral pieces by David Lang and Palestrina, and miniatures written for the pianist Adam Tendler are among the highlights.

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Pfitzner: Palestrina at Vienna State Opera | Live Review Mark Pullinger Monday, December 9, 2024 Thielemann injected pace and clarity of line into the score – even if he didn’t iron out all its ...