The Early Music Show - 29/11/2008

500 years ago this year, one of the most monumental artistic achievements the earth has ever seen was begun as Michelangelo began to paint the now iconic ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Remarkably Michelangelo was born in the same year as work on the Sistine Chapel was begun: 1475, he was 8 when it was completed and 33 when he began the task of painting it's ceiling. It was to take 4 years to complete. Lucie Skeaping traces the lives of the great artist and the chapel through music, examining this historic event in more detail. PLAYLIST: PALESTRINA Ave Maria The Sixteen/Harry Christophers CORO COR 16047 Track 3 MARBRIANUS DE ORTO Dulces Exuviae Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel Harmonia Mundi HMC 901739 Track 3 GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO (arr. Gerhard Kanzian/Ed Lewis) Gratioso Wien ‘Lyra’ Ensemble SONOTON SCD 113 Track 13 Segue to: GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO La Bassa Castiglia La Rondinella DORIAN DIS-80130 Track 20 FELICO ANERIO Magnificat Secundi toni a 8 The Sixteen/Harry Christophers CORO COR 16047 Track 15 HEINRICH ISAAC Quis Dabit Pacem Populo Timenti Hilliard Ensemble Kees Boeke Consort EMI CDM 7 63063-2 Track 6 JOSQUIN DESPREZ Domine non secondum The Clerks’ Group/Edward Wickham ASV CD GAU 302 Track 2 LUCA MARENZIO Che Fa Oggi il Mio Sole The Sixteen/Harry Christophers CORO COR 16047 Track 8 GREGORIO ALLEGRI Misereri Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott Virgin Veritas VER 5 61309-2 Track 3