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“Dies santificatus” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

“Dies santificatus” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594) Samantha Arten, soprano Olivia Roland, alto Jeffrey Ballard, tenor Shawn Neace, bass Audio courtesy Barry Hufker Videography by Pat Weaver Early Music Missouri presented its annual Christmas concert in 2024 with “Sing Noel! Christmas Music from the High Renaissance,” featuring our EMMo Vocal Ensemble and Renaissance Band. Highly-respected in his own time and revered by generations following, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594) is perhaps the most famous Italian composer of the High Renaissance. Born near or perhaps in Rome, Palestrina had an illustrious career as a singer, maestro di cappella and composer, working not only in the pope’s chapel but at famous churches like S Giovanni Laterano. He composed prolifically (over 100 masses, over 300 motets, multiple madrigals and more) and counted popes and nobles as his dedicatees. Palestrina’s approach to the Ars Perfecta can be heard in this little motet, “Dies santificatus.” Unsurprisingly, Palestrina’s quartet opens with a duo and similar duos sound throughout the piece. But somehow, Palestrina’s impeccable counterpoint seems more spacious than that of his peers. He voiced each vocal entry to stand alone (at least momentarily), allowing the text to be easily heard. This clarity, an important feature of Palestrina’s style, achieves a balance between textual comprehension and musical complexity. Like his contemporaries, Palestrina employed modest madrigalisms to illustrate the text with gradual voice entrances and falling melodies illustrating the slow dawn and the light of heaven descending to the earth on Christmas day. Visit earlymusicmissouri.net for more information and to subscribe to our newsletter.