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Easter: A Seasonal Journey to Allegri's Miserere

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is your guide on a journey towards the Sistine Chapel, to explore a choral masterpiece - Gregorio Allegri's haunting Miserere.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is your guide on a journey towards the Sistine Chapel, to explore a choral masterpiece - Gregorio Allegri's haunting Miserere.

Along the way, expect stops at Westminster Abbey for Handel's Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest," Cologne for Keith Jarrett's legendary concert recorded in 1975, and Louisiana with Fats Domino, for "Mardi Gras in New Orleans."

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems Including \"Zadok The Priest\"; Dixit Dominus.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzona Seconda (a 6), C196

    Music Arranger: Bernard Thomas. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • 1615 Gabrieli in Venice.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste, WAB 23

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Messe En Mi Mineur / Motets.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Keith Jarrett

    Köln, January 24, 1975, Part II c (Live)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • The Köln Concert.
    • ECM Records.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Trittico botticelliano, P. 151: I. La primavera

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane, Trittico botticciellano,.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel for soprano, alto, chorus, celeste, viola & percussion: Movement 5

    Performer: Karen Rosenak. Performer: David Abel. Performer: William Winant. Singer: Deborah Dietrich. Choir: UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus. Director: Philip Brett.
    • Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?.
    • New Albion.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seven Last Words Of Our Saviour On The Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Haydn: The Seven Last Words, Op.51.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Professor Longhair

    Mardi Gras In New Orleans

    Singer: Fats Domino.
    • The Complete Imperial Singles.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Miserere in C Minor Psalm 50, ZWV. 57

    Orchestra: Il Fondamento. Choir: Il Fondamento Choir.
    • De Profundis - Miserere - Requiem.
    • Passacaille.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore: Miserere

    Singer: Joan Sutherland. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Verdi: Il Trovatore.
    • Warner Classics.
  • °Õ°ùä»å

    Miserere

    Ensemble: Cuncordu de Orosei.
    • Voches De Sardinna.
    • Ossigeno Edizioni Musicali.
  • Volker Bertelmann

    Arrival

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Conclave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Mutant.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87: Overture

    Lyricist: Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi. Lyricist: Jean Racine. Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Mozart: Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lied opus 34 no.2, transcription Franz Liszt: Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
    • naive classique.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Miserere.
    • Gimell.

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