Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: spartiti facile

A joyful choral work that ebbs and flows, brought to a close by a lilting unity of voices.

This work builds up from just a few voices into a chorus of joyous celebration of the three miracles of the Epiphany: the Magi being led to Jesus' birth, water being changed into wine, and Jesus' bapt...

Evocative and moving polyphony paired with a text meditating man's relationship with God.

A surging choral work with distinct punctuated vocal lines, often with a leading tenor part.

This famous text is set to richly textured music filled with graceful melodic shapes.

A rousing celebration of Christ's ascension to Heaven featuring fantastic runs of notes shared between the voices.

Fresh, crisp and full of life, this work is the perfect setting for the jubilant words recounting the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

Grounded and powerful, this work rises and falls with tuneful motifs shared between upper and lower voices.

This work by Palestrina is both deeply reflective and notable for its warm mellifluous texture that ponders on series of long, held notes.

Questo libretto di partiture, pubblicato in formato tessera di marcia, comprende il "Te Deum" di Marc-Antoine Charpentier, compositore francese del XVII secolo, la cui fanfara di apertura è stata adot...

A ricercare is defined as an elaborate contrapuntal instrumental composition in a fugal or canonic style. This particular selection for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets fits that description exactly. The musi...

Palestrina's setting of the Marian motet Alma Redemptoris Mater seamlessly interweaves each of the four independent voices based on the solemn tone of the corresponding chant. Offprinted from The Oxfo...

A ricercare is defined as an elaborate contrapuntal instrumental composition in a fugal or canonic style. This particular selection for four clarinets fits that description exactly. The musical lines...