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  • Great Roman Polyphony Returns to Saint Peter's

    11/17/2009 7:34:58 AM PST · by NYer · 23 replies · 564+ views
    Chiesa.com ^ | November 18, 2009 | Sandro Magister
    Not in a concert, but in a Mass. It will be conducted by Domenico Bartolucci, the most brilliant interpreter of Palestrina's music alive today. He was removed as head of the Sistine Chapel choir twelve years ago, but now, with Pope Benedict, has finally been rehabilitated. (he probably means 'restored') ROME, November 16, 2009 – Among the arts to be represented in the Sistine Chapel next Saturday, November 21, at the highly anticipated meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, music is perhaps the one that has suffered the most from the divorce that has taken place between artists and the Church....