Giovanni Palestrina’s six-part Missa Papae Marcella and William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices are two of the most ethereal works in 16th century choral literature.
Herbert Howells has been hailed as “probably the greatest composer of Anglican church music.” His Requiem was composed in 1932 or ’33 but was not published until 1980, only three years before his death. It is a moving, impressionistic work with a distinctly visionary quality that effectively complements the two masses of an earlier era.
Ancient & Modern Reflections
Giovanni Palestrina’s six-part Missa Papae Marcella and William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices are two of the most ethereal works in 16th century choral literature.
Herbert Howells has been hailed as “probably the greatest composer of Anglican church music.” His Requiem was composed in 1932 or ’33 but was not published until 1980, only three years before his death. It is a moving, impressionistic work with a distinctly visionary quality that effectively complements the two masses of an earlier era.
