Looks like we need to programme Palestrina more often

as we had – wait for it – 72 singers turn up to his PDtP Special last night. And in that number were 16 tenors. 16 tenors!!!

Here’s how it went down:

Properly stoked for some Palestrina tonight. #PdtP

— CF (@silverfin9) April 16, 2018

#PDtPPalestrina What an evening we have in store!

— Nick Chapman (@mozbadel) April 16, 2018

OMG have inadvertently signed up to a sight-singing boot camp. Crazy but fun down the Horse and Stables #pdtpalestrina

— Veronica Simpson (@VeronicaSimps18) April 16, 2018

Singing ‚Sicut cervus‘ in a stuffy pub room almost as exciting as singing it in #venice. at least with as much enthusiasm. Must be the pino grigio. #PdtPPalestrina

— Sebastian Borger (@sebastianborger) April 16, 2018

Lovely evening at #PdtPPalestrina tonight @HorseAndStables Lambeth! pic.twitter.com/Yj2QlJjAN0

— Musica Antica (@MusicaAntica) April 16, 2018

Dum complerentur #pdtppalestrina – four different tenor parts to sing when Kevin’s not looking.

— Jeremy Hill (@hilljgjz) April 16, 2018

@PubPolyphony lots of double choir Palestrina. #heaven #pdtppalestrina

— Jill Gregson (@jillgson) April 16, 2018

Very nice to hear an amateur choir in a pub sightread* & sing Palestrina's Agnus Dei #PdtPPalestrina (*OK not actually very amateur!)

— Jo Brodie (@JoBrodie) April 16, 2018

Absolutely zonked after tonight's #PDtPPalestrina – herding 72 boozed up singers through a bunch of motets & madrigals will do that to you – but I have just enough energy to tweet a huge thank you to all who came & to say that Dum complerentur is a work of utter genius. #PDtP

— Polyphony Down the Pub (@PubPolyphony) April 16, 2018

Another fab evening of boozing and busking through so thanks again to all who came.

If that wasn’t enough Palestrina for you, we have even more at tomorrow’s Counterpint in the Cafe, including a few motets that we didn’t cover last night.

There’s still room for all voices; if any of those 16 tenors (16 tenors!!!) from last night wanted to pop along, they’d be particularly welcome.

Cheers

Kevin

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I am a classical music enthusiast and a lover of choral music in particular. I run the Polyphony Down the Pub social/singing night, probably the most thrilling singing-Renaissance-motets-in-the-backroom-of-a-pub experience you could ever hope to have. View all posts by K O'Neill

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