Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tu es Petrus

Here is an audio file of one of five polyphonic choirs singing at the Sacred Music Colloquium in Chicago, this one directed by Horst Buchholz and singing Palestrina's motet on the text Tu est Petrus. This piece has a special place in my own heart because it was among the first pieces of polyphony I ever heard.

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