Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae

composer

Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

SSAT; Lamentations I

author of text

Bible

Lamentations 1: 1-3; First Lesson at Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday

Recordings

Allegri: Miserere & the music of Rome

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

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The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Track 16 on CDA67860 [5'01]

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There are two sets of Lamentations by Allegri in the Sistine Chapel Archives, both scored modestly for four voices. The setting of the first Lamentation on Maundy Thursday is the more adventurous and is scored for an SSAT ensemble which allows Allegri to enjoy the possibilities of suspensions between the two upper parts, especially at the words ‘Plorans ploravit in nocte’.

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Artists

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Carys Lane (soprano)

Cecilia Osmond (soprano)

Rebecca Outram (soprano)

Amy Haworth (soprano)

Patrick Craig (countertenor)

David Gould (countertenor)

Julian Stocker (tenor)