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The Sixteen: la exquisitez de la polifonía bien interpretada

By Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 30 April 2017
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 27 April 2017
Programme
Allegri, Missa Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole: Kyrie
Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria
Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus
Anerio, Magnificat a 8
Marenzio, Che fa oggi il mio sole
Allegri, Missa Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole: Sanctus and Benedictus
Anerio, Ave Regina Caelorum a 8
Anerio, Stabat Mater a 12
Allegri, Christus resurgens ex mortuis, motet for double choir
Palestrina, Assumpta est Maria
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Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán (Madrid, 1994) estudió el grado medio de guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Arturo Soria, y actualmente estudia el grado medio de Instrumentos de Cuerda Pulsada del Renacimiento y el Barroco en el mismo centro, además de cursar, desde 2012, el Grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense. Como intérprete de música antigua, ha realizado cursos de perfeccionamiento y forma parte de grupos especializados en la interpretación de este repertorio, además de presentarse como solista. Como musicólogo ha ofrecido conferencias. Colabora también con la revista Síneris y es cofundador del blog 'Lírica para todos'.