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Music from the Sistine Chapel

Director, Peter Phillips

Part of the Chipping Campden Music 2026

Add to my Calendar 11-05-2026 19:00 11-05-2026 21:00 36 Music from the Sistine Chapel The legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars with Director Peter Phillips open the 2026 Chipping Campden Music Festival with a programme inspired by the Sistine Chapel and the extraordinary Renaissance composers who wrote music to be sung in services there. The Choir of the Sistine Chapel served as the personal choir of the Pope and was at the centre of the Vatican’s musical life. The musicians appointed as its singers came from across Europe; they were also expected to write music, with thrilling results. Prepare to be transported by music of timeless and transcendent beauty, from Allegri’s ethereal  Miserere, written for the Chapel’s exclusive use during Holy Week, to mass movements by Palestrina and motets by Morales, Josquin, and Festa. St James's Church, Chipping Campden DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St James's Church
Church Street
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55 6JG
England

Tickets

Prices: £50 - £1
Season Tickets: 25% discount if booking for the full Festival
Booking line: 01386 849018
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Programme

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa In te domine speravi: Kyrie
Cristóbal de Morales – Regina caeli laetare
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Tu es Petrus: Gloria
Costanzo Festa – Quam pulchra es
Carpentras – Lamentations
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli: Credo
~ Interval ~
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Confitebor tibi domine: Sanctus
Josquin des Prez – Praeter rerum seriem
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei I

Performers

The Tallis Scholars

Programme Note

The legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars with Director Peter Phillips open the 2026 Chipping Campden Music Festival with a programme inspired by the Sistine Chapel and the extraordinary Renaissance composers who wrote music to be sung in services there. The Choir of the Sistine Chapel served as the personal choir of the Pope and was at the centre of the Vatican’s musical life. The musicians appointed as its singers came from across Europe; they were also expected to write music, with thrilling results. Prepare to be transported by music of timeless and transcendent beauty, from Allegri’s ethereal  Miserere, written for the Chapel’s exclusive use during Holy Week, to mass movements by Palestrina and motets by Morales, Josquin, and Festa.

The Tallis Scholars with director, Peter Phillips

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