​This program offers a glimpse into the sound world of the Sistine Chapel through four composers whose music shaped its tradition for generations: Palestrina, Lassus, Victoria, and Allegri. It features two movements from Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli — a mass that, according to legend, single-handedly saved polyphony from being banned by the Church. The centerpiece of the program is Allegri's Miserere, performed in The Sixteen's "Evolutions" edition — tracing the piece from its original framework through Renaissance-style embellishment — alongside a modern response to the same text by British composer Alexander Campkin.