The tallis scholars from the sistine chapel

The piece the Vatican kept secret for over a century.
For more than a hundred years, Allegri’s Miserere could only be heard inside the Sistine Chapel – the Vatican refused to let anyone copy the score. But legend has it that a 14-year-old Mozart heard it once, went home, and wrote the whole thing down from memory. The Tallis Scholars perform it here alongside music by Palestrina, des Prés, Festa and Morales – the very composers whose voices once filled those chapel walls as choristers. Now their notes fill the Philharmonie’s Foyer, where the acoustics give every moment room to breathe.

The music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Kyrie (Missa «In te Domine speravi»); Cristóbal de Morales: Regina cæli; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria (Missa «Tu es Petrus»); Costanzo Festa: «Quam pulchra es»; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Credo (Missa Papae Marcelli); Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sanctus (Missa «Confitebor tibi domine»); Josquin des Prés: «Praeter rerum seriem»; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Agnus Dei (Missa brevis)
The artists: The Tallis Scholars