| Set List | 'Mass Ecco si` beato giorno', Striggio,
'Motet Ecce beatam lucem', Striggio
Interspersed with works by Benevolo, Corteccia and Palestrina
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| Performance Notes | Before there was Talliss mighty Spem in alium there was Striggios 40-part Mass: a sumptuous Renaissance epic in surround sound. Lost for centuries, it received its contemporary premiere at the 2007 Proms.
Now it returns, in the expert hands of period specialists Le Concert Spirituel under Herve´ Niquet. Their musical ritual a concert recreation of a festal Mass also includes the heavenly harmony of the equally striking (and supersized) Ecce Beatam Lucem, music by Italian 16th and 17th-century composers Benevolo and Coteccia and, as well as motets by Palestrina, whose 500th anniversary falls this year. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/ |
| Ticket Prices | £9 - £115 (Promming tickets £8) |