Composer of the Week - Tomas Luis de Victoria - Tomas Luis de Victoria: The Young Jesuit

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly explore Victoria's early years when, as a chorister at Avila Cathedral, he cut his teeth as a musician, going on to start his theological education at the local Jesuit School which was endorsed by St Teresa of Avila. When his voice broke, Victoria travelled to Rome to enrol as an international boarder at the Jesuit Collegium Germanicum. Thus began a rich and varied career in the city spanning 20 years. Motet: Ave Maria Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (conductor) Motet: Salve Regina a 6 La Sestina Adriano Giardina (director) Ardens est cor meum Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (conductor) Missa Salve a 8 The Sixteen Harry Christophers (director) Motet: Ne Timeas, Maria a 4 Senex Puerem Portabat (instrumental) La Capella Reial de Catalunya Hesperion XX Jordi Savall (director) Super Flumina Babylonis Pro Cantione Antiqua Bruno Turner (director).