The Brighton Consort present Double Or Nothing: Renaissance Music for Double Choir

Of the many fascinating innovations in choral composition that took place during the Renaissance, one of the most striking was the development of double choir texture. Here, polyphonic lines both swirl and interweave as they always do, but also at times act like blocks or pillars as well. In this concert, Brighton Consort presents music all written in this compelling way, all for eight separate voices.

Concert programme

Gregorio Allegri - Christus resurgens

Tomas Luis de Victoria - Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Kyrie
Tomas Luis de Victoria - Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Gloria

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat mater

Giovanni Gabrieli - O magnum mysterium
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi - O notturno miracolo

Tomas Luis de Victoria - Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Credo

Claudio Monteverdi - Nisi Dominus (from 1610 Vespers)

— INTERVAL —

Tomas Luis de Victoria - Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Sanctus

Jean Mouton - Nesciens mater
Alonso Lobo - Ave maria a 8

Nicolas Gombert - Lugebat David Absalon
Sebastián de Vivanco - Veni dilecte mi

William Byrd - ‘Nunc dimittis’ from The Great Service

Tomas Luis de Victoria - Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Agnus