Gregorio Allegri's haunting Miserere is famous for both its ethereal beauty and for the mystery surrounding its composition. It is written for 2 choirs who alternate phrases and then unite for a final resolution.
It is one of the most celebrated pieces of early sacred music. Miserere is as famous today as it was in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was the most prized work in the repertory of papal choir in Rome. A setting of Psalm 51, it dates from 1638 and was sung annually in the Sistine Chapel until the 1870s.
Allegri's Miserere was filmed at St. Bartholomew the Great, London Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short.
Produced and edited by John Coates.
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