ALLEGRI MISERERE
Dates & Tickets
The centerpiece of this program of Renaissance and modern music is Allegri’s Miserere. The work was exclusively sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, though legend says that a 14-year old Mozart visited Rome and wrote out the piece perfectly from memory after just one hearing, sending the Vatican’s guarded secret into the world. The psalm setting is famously known for a high C, sung by a soprano soloist.
The program also features two elaborate psalm settings by English Renaissance composers Robert White and John Sheppard and motets by modern composers John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, and Arvo Pärt.
Program
John Sheppard
Reges Tharsis
Thomas Tallis
Suscipe quaeso
John Tavener
Funeral Ikos
Manuel Cardoso
Sitivit anima mea
Eric Whitacre
Sainte Chappelle
intermission
Allegri
Miserere
Arvo Pärt
Which was the son of…
Robert White
Exaudiat te
Information
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission
Doors Open
30 minutes prior to performance
Artists
Director
Markdavin Obenza
Soprano
Ruth Schauble
Christina Siemens
Margaret Obenza
Alto
Sarra Sharif Doyle
Joshua Haberman
Tenor
Orrin Doyle
Sam Faustine
Bass
Matthew Peterson
Clayton Moser