Sun 19 Dec, 2021
To mark the last Sunday before Christmas, join Nerissa Taysom in Room 2 of The Courtauld Gallery for a discussion of Advent themes in Francisco di Simone Ferrucci’s fifteenth century sculpture of the Virgin and Child. The talk will be accompanied by a performance of seasonal Renaissance polyphony sung live by the London based choir, Iken Scholars.
Rorate coeli – Gregorian chant
Beata es Virgo Maria – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Canite Tuba – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5 – Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Assumpta est Maria – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Nerissa Taysom
Iken Scholars, conducted by Matthew Dunn
Curated by Dr Charlotte de Mille