A Catholic parish that sings Palestrina and Tallis? Where is this?
Last Sunday we sang Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater (preceded by the Gregorian chant transposed to the same key) and Mozart's Jubilate Deo
Next Sunday, Victoria's "Ave Maria" and Gluck's "O Saviour Hear Me". On tap: Tallis's "If Ye Love Me", Purcell's Bell Anthem, Hassler's "Dixit Maria" and the "Cantique de Jean Racine".
The choirmaster really wants us to do the William Matthias "A Babe Is Born" for Christmas - I've got no problem with it, my previous choirmaster was a demon for sightreading and I will take a stab at anything. But it IS tough . . . the sopranos are freaking out.