Music Sunday - Palestrina

Name: Music Sunday - Palestrina
Start: 2025-01-12T10:30:00-05:00
Location: 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02420

Schedule

Sun, 12 Jan, 2025 at 10:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02420 | Lexington, MA

The Follen Choir, soloists, early music instrumentalists will present a Panoply of Palestrina (1525-1594): An interwoven offering of Choral Pieces, Instrumentals and Songs. Come hear the Follen Adult Choir, vocal soloists Epp Sonin, Maria Magisano, Jamie Leutz, Lexi Ugelow, Iris Pfrommer, Karl Henry, instrumentalists Shaylor Lindsay-harpsichord, and a viola da gamba ensemble.
In this his quincentenary year of his birth, we celebrate the music of G.P. da Palestrina. He is widely considered one of the greatest contrapuntal composers of all time whose music is still widely studied as the apex of Renaissance polyphony.