{"id":30790,"date":"2024-11-01T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duomomilano.it\/?p=30790"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:16:50","slug":"musical-chapel-of-the-milan-duomo-a-year-in-the-sign-of-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duomomilano.it\/en\/musical-chapel-of-the-milan-duomo-a-year-in-the-sign-of-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina\/","title":{"rendered":"A year in the sign of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The review kicks off Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

at the Church of San Gottardo in Corte <\/strong><\/h4>\n

as part of the \u201cScuola della Cattedrale\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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On the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), the Scuola della Cattedrale<\/strong>, a cycle of cultural insights conceived and curated by the Archpriest of the Duomo Monsignor Gianantonio Borgonovo, is proposing, starting November 21, 2024, \u201cUn anno nel segno di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina\u201d: a series of twelve concerts celebrating the princeps music\u00e6<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

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The Church of San Gottardo in Corte<\/strong> will be in fact the privileged place for such a review, \u201cartists’ church\u201d in the Milanese tradition, with a complete itinerary through the most evocative pages of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s polyphony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance<\/strong>. His contrapuntal skill allowed him to create complex and at the same time intelligible compositions with an aesthetic purity that has become an indispensable point of reference in the history of music. As Francesco Flora has written: \u2018Whoever says Palestrina, says the synthesis of the great labour from Gregorian chant to Flemish music, a synthesis accomplished with that spirit with which Masaccio painted the Carmine Chapel or, indeed, with that ductile power of inventive absorption that Raphael brought to painting the <\/em>Stanze and the <\/em>Logge. In the Form, the divine and the terrestrial become in harmony, with an awareness of supreme serenity’<\/em> (from Apologia del Cinquecento<\/em> in Storia della Letteratura italiana, 1962, vol. II, p. 205).<\/p>\n

The first concert will be held on Thursday 21 November 2024 at 7.30 p.m<\/strong>. with offertories for the Advent Time from the Offertoria totius anni<\/em><\/strong> (Venetijs, Apud Angelum Gardanum 1594). Admission to the concerts<\/strong> (with the exception of the one scheduled for 15 December at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan) is free with compulsory booking near each event from the official website <\/strong>duomomilano.it<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For the 21 November concert, bookings will open from 12 a.m. on 7 November.<\/p>\n

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Monsignor Massimo Palombella<\/strong>, Superintendent of Musical Heritage of the Veneranda Fabbrica<\/strong>\u00a0says: \u2018Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s birth is first and foremost a process not of emulation, but of declension. The serious study of the past only makes sense if it allows us to live intensely in the present. This twelve-concert journey will lead us to get to know, beyond musical technique, a man – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – who, with his art and his contrapuntal wisdom, was able to interpret a text and make it resonate, making the faith of the Church at a precise moment in history plastic and usable’.<\/p>\n

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All performances will rely on new critical editions<\/strong> (based on the oldest or most authoritative source available) and will include the realisation of colores minores<\/em>, \u2018mutated notes\u2019 and the practice of diminutions.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, 27 January 2025<\/strong>, at 6.30 p.m., there will be a founding meeting to deepen the celebration of the anniversary of the fifth centenary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, most characteristically presented in the format of the conferences of the \u201cScuola della Cattedrale\u201d, with the presence of the Musical Chapel.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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This page dedicated to the review Un anno nel segno di Palestrina<\/em> on the official website <\/strong>duomomilano.it<\/strong><\/a> gather all the sources for a relevant and scientific approach to the great composer’s work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CALENDAR AND PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/h3>\n

UN ANNO NEL SEGNO DI GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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1. Thursday 21 November 2024, 7.30 pm – Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offertoria totius anni<\/strong> \u2013 Advent Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Venetijs, Apud Angelum Gardanum 1594)<\/p>\n

Ad te levavi<\/em>; Deus, tu conversus<\/em>; Benedixisti, Domine<\/em>; Ave Maria<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. Sunday 15 December 2024, 8.30 pm \u2013 Teatro alla Scala di Milano<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missa Papae Marcelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Missarum Liber Secundus<\/em> [Romae, Apud Haeredes Valerii et Aloysii Doricorum fratum Brixiensium 1567])<\/p>\n

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3. <\/strong>(Concert postponed to a date to be determined) <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missa Iste confessor<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Missarum Liber Quintus<\/em> [Romae, Sumptibus Iacobi Berichiae 1590, Apud Franciscum Coattinum])<\/p>\n

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4. Thursday 20 February 2025, 7.30 pm \u2013 Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4) <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missa Brevis<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Missarum Liber Tertius<\/em> [Romae, Apud Haeredes Valerii et Louisii Doricorum Fratrum 1570])<\/p>\n

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5. Thursday 13 March 2025, 7.30 pm \u2013 Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offertoria totius anni<\/strong> \u2013 <\/em>Lenten Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Venetijs, Apud Angelum Gardanum 1594)<\/p>\n

Exaltabo te, Domine<\/em>; Scapulis suis<\/em>; Meditabor in mandatis tuis<\/em>; Iustitiae Domini rectae<\/em>; Laudate Dominum<\/em>; Confitebor tibi, Domine<\/em>; Improperium expectavit<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. Thursday 3 April 2025 – 7.30 pm \u2013 <\/strong>Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holy Week in Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vexilla Regis<\/em> [Inno \u2013 Hymn] [Archivio Lateranense, Codice 59, ff. 75v-77]; Pueri Hebraeorum<\/em> [Liber II Motectorum Quatuor Vocum<\/em> (Mediolani, Apud Franciscum & H\u00e6redes Simonis Tini 1587); Cantus<\/em>: Mottetorum Quatuor Vocibus<\/em>. Liber Secundus<\/em> [Venetiis, Apud Haeredem Hieronymi Scoti 1596]; Miserere<\/em> [Cappella Sistina 205-206, ff. 12v-14r, 16v-19r]; Feria VI in Parasceve<\/em>, Lectio II<\/em> [Lamentationum Hieremiae Profetae<\/em>. Liber Primus<\/em> (Romae, Apud Alexandrum Gardanum 1588]; Popule meus<\/em> [Archivio Lateranense, Codice 59, ff. 89v-90]; Adoramus te, Christe<\/em> [Liber II Motectorum Quatuor Vocum<\/em> (Mediolani, Apud Franciscum & H\u00e6redes Simonis Tini 1587); Cantus<\/em>: Mottetorum Quatuor Vocibus<\/em>. Liber Secundus<\/em> [Venetiis, Apud Haeredem Hieronymi Scoti 1596]; Sabbato Sancto<\/em>, Lectio III <\/em>[Lamentationum Hieremiae Profetae. <\/em>Liber Primus<\/em> (Romae, Apud Alexandrum Gardanum 1588].<\/p>\n

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7. Thursday 8 May 2025, 7.30 pm – Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offertoria totius anni<\/strong> \u2013 Easter Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Venetijs, Apud Angelum Gardanum 1594)<\/p>\n

Terra tremuit<\/em>; Angelus Domini<\/em>; Deus, Deus meus<\/em>; Lauda anima mea Dominum<\/em>; Iubilate Deo<\/em>; Benedicite gentes<\/em>; Ascendit Deus<\/em>; Confirma hoc, Deus<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. Thursday 12 June 2025, 7.30 pm – <\/strong>Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Motettorum quinque vocibus. <\/strong>Liber quartus<\/strong> – Song of Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Romae, Apud Alexandrum Gardanum, 1583\/1584)<\/p>\n

Osculetur me<\/em>; Trahe me post te<\/em>; Nigra sum, sed formosa<\/em>; Vulnerasti cor meum<\/em>; Vox dilecti mei<\/em>; Surge, propera<\/em>; Pulchra es<\/em>; Quam pulchra es<\/em>; Veni, dilecte mi<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. Wednesday 24 September 2025, 7.30 pm – Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missa Aeterna Christi munera<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Missarum Liber Quintus<\/em> [Romae, Sumptibus Iacobi Berichiae 1590, Apud Franciscum Coattinum])<\/p>\n

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10. Thursday 23 October 2025, 7.30 pm – Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Motecta Festorum Totius Anni cum Communi Sanctorum Liber Primus<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Venetijs, Apud filios Antonij Gardani 1571)<\/p>\n

Dies sanctificatus<\/em>; Tribus miraculis<\/em>; Ave Maria<\/em>; Iesu iunxit se<\/em>; O Rex gloriae<\/em>; Loquebantur variis linguis<\/em>; Exaudi Domine<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. Thursday 20 November 2025, 7.30 pm – <\/strong>Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hymni totius anni<\/strong> (Romae, Apud Iacobum Tornerium & Bernardinum Donangelum 1589; Lateran Archive, Codex 59); <\/em>Magnificat Octo Tonum. Liber Primus<\/strong> (Romae, Apud Alexandrum Gardanum 1591) <\/em><\/p>\n

(In Adventu Domini: Conditor alme siderum; In Nativitate et Circumcisione Domini: Christe Redemptor omnium; In Dominicis Quadragesimae: Audi benigne Conditor; In festo Pentecostes: Veni creator Sipiritus; Magnigicat Octavi Toni [VIII])<\/em><\/p>\n

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12. Thursday 11 December 2025, 7.30 pm – Church of San Gottardo in Corte (entrance from Via Palazzo Reale, 4)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liber II Motectorum Quatuor Vocum<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Mediolani, Apud Franciscum & H\u00e6redes Simonis Tini 1587); Cantus<\/em>: Mottetorum Quatuor Vocibus<\/em>. Liber Secundus<\/em> (Venetiis, Apud Haeredem Hieronymi Scoti 1596)<\/p>\n

Domine, quando veneris<\/em>; Commissa mea pavesco<\/em>; Super flumina Babilonis<\/em>; Ad te levavi oculos meos<\/em>; Miserere nostri, Domine<\/em>; Ad Dominum cum tribularer<\/em>; Sagittae potentis acutae<\/em>; Ego sum panis vivus<\/em>; Sicut cervus<\/em>; Sitivit anima mea<\/em>; Confitemini Domino<\/em><\/p>\n

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A year in the sign of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Via Carlo Maria Martini, 1 \u2013 I – 20122 Milan<\/p>\n

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