Composer of the Week - Tomas Luis de Victoria - A Swan Song for an Empress

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly focus on Victoria's final work - a requiem dedicated to the memory of the Dowager Empress Maria at the Convento de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid. Victoria spent his final 24 years there - first in the Empress's services and, after her death in 1603, as convent organist. Taedet animam meam (Requiem) Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (director) Veni, sancte spiritus Choir of Westminster Cathedral Joseph Cullen (organ continuo) James O'Donnell (Master of Music) Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria Iain Farrington (organ) Requiem Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (director).