This two-verse polyphonic setting of the hymn Stabat Mater dolorosa is attributed to Portuguese composer Estêvão de Brito (c.1575-1641) and is now preserved in a 18th-century copied choirbook in Málaga Cathedral, where Brito was chapel master in the beginning of the 17th century.Read more
No Renaissance composer and few later ones have been as proficient as Palestrina at writing positive, outward-going, major-key music, and in this context Assumpta est Maria represents one of the most important works of the period.Read more
Percursos da Música Portuguesa Abordagem panorâmica da música erudita portuguesa desde o século XII até à actualidade pela batuta do maestro Jorge Matta Uma abordagem panorâmica da música erudita portuguesa desde o século XII até à atualidade, conduzida pelo maestro Jorge Matta. Cada programa foca uma época, um género, umRead more
In 2016 was the 450th anniversary of Portuguese composer frei Manuel Cardoso’s birth. He was baptized on December 11, 1566, in the Church of Fronteira, a small village near the Spanish border. He wrote several Lamentations settings for the Triduum Sacrum published in his collection Livro de varios motetes… printedRead more