Ash Wednesday is this week, known to many fellow sopranos as "Allegri day". But there are so many fantastic settings of Psalm 51 that could be used instead... Like this gorgeous one!
Allegri: A game of telephone
Lies, errors, ignorance... Allegri's Miserere (as we know it today) is like that children's game of "telephone" - it bears only slight resemblance to the original. Check out the full story below and then come hear it at the Ash Wednesday service at Advent on Wednesday night (6:30pm, with me singing the top Cs)
P.S. Thanks to Dr. Rebecca Marchand for sharing this video!
Evolution of Allegri
We all know the Allegri Miserere often heard today isn't what he originally wrote, but check out this video from The Sixteen which walks through all the evolutions it went through!
Miserere mei - L'Héritier
Many people know the "Miserere mei" settings of Allegri and Byrd, but how about this gorgeous setting by Jean L'Héritier?
What if everything you loved was a lie?
Allegri’s Miserere, or “What if everything you loved was a lie?”, courtesy our colleagues at Early Music Sources!
The Story of Allegri's Miserere
Ash Wednesday is this week, and that means all those high Cs in Allegri’s Miserere. Except, he didn’t write them, and Mozart wouldn’t have heard them either…