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Miserere Mei

Add to my Calendar 12-07-2025 19:30 12-07-2025 21:30 36 Miserere Mei The Renaissance Choir presents a diverse collection of unaccompanied religious works on the theme of reflection, salvation and mourning from the 16th through to the 21st century. We will perform both Allegri’s Miserere and MacMillan’s Miserere, plus works by Pärt and Palestrina. Each piece reflects a strong sense of the spiritual, either by recalling acts of devotion or asking for blessing and forgiveness. We offer a myriad of sound worlds within a set of related themes, capturing the beauty of the human voice. Hear us sing in the gorgeous cathedral-like acoustic of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Southsea on Saturday 12 July.  Church of the Holy Spirit, Portsmouth DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Church of the Holy Spirit
28 Heyward Road
Southsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO4 0DY
England

Programme

James MacMillan – Miserere
Gregorio Allegri – Missa in lectulo meo: Gloria
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Arvo Pärt – The Beatitudes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Eleanor Daley – Upon Your Heart

Performers

Peter Gambie – Conductor

Renaissance Choir

Programme Note

The Renaissance Choir presents a diverse collection of unaccompanied religious works on the theme of reflection, salvation and mourning from the 16th through to the 21st century. We will perform both Allegri’s Miserere and MacMillan’s Miserere, plus works by Pärt and Palestrina. Each piece reflects a strong sense of the spiritual, either by recalling acts of devotion or asking for blessing and forgiveness. We offer a myriad of sound worlds within a set of related themes, capturing the beauty of the human voice. Hear us sing in the gorgeous cathedral-like acoustic of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Southsea on Saturday 12 July. 

Renaissance Choir - Miserere Mei

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