Aurore: Missa Papae Marcelli – Celebrating Palestrina 500

XII Aurore – Helsinki Renaissance Music Festival

Missa Papae Marcelli – Celebrating Palestrina 500

Aurore’s closing concert celebrates the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina with his and arguably the Renaissance period’s most important work: the six-part Mass Missa Papae Marcelli. 

This legendary work along with its creator has even been awarded the honour of having saved European polyphonic music from the purging zeal of the Counter-Reformation. Even among Palestrina’s extensive and consistently high-quality work the Missa Papae Marcelli stands out as the most perfect example of the so-called stile antico and has been studied and imitated extensively over the centuries since it was published.

It is a natural choice then to present the Missa Papae Marcelli alongside Palestrina’s other most supremely crafted motets expressively performed by vocal ensemble I dodici under the musical direction of choir conductor and Palestrina specialist Kari Turunen. A founding member of both I Dodici and Aurore Renaissance Music Festival Turunen currently works as the artistic director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir in Canada.

MISSA PAPAE MARCELLI

Sun Feb 2nd

Please note the 6 pm time of the concert which is different than other Aurore concerts!

5.15 pm – Meet the artist and free coffee at St. Pauls parish hall

6.00 pm – Concert begins at St. Pauls church

Tickets 25/20 €, festival pass 65/55 € from www.aurore.fi/liput

Read more: www.aurore.fi/english

Free entrance for children under 15.

Host or Publisher Renessanssimusiikkia Paavalinkirkossa ry