Step into sixteenth‑century Venice and discover Andrea Gabrieli, the organist‑composer who turned San Marco into a vast, shimmering sound laboratory and helped invent the Venetian School’s breathtaking polychoral style. Hear how a working‑class Venetian became a court‑favoured innovator, scored music, and left a rich legacy.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/61tgIUsrOcw3AMTLxuZHr1?si=dhLvpjUARjmuhH4ZsfuFCQ

Kidnapped three times for the beauty of his voice, knighted by a pope, adored by emperors – yet almost forgotten today. This episode uncovers the extraordinary life and music of Orlando di Lasso, a Renaissance superstar whose witty, deeply human works still speak to us.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/66hSfMemmixjY58p7KcTV6?si=tGAweMM0Q_6rtTozZVRFRw

Society: https://www.orlanduslassus.de/was-ist-die-orlandus-lassus-stiftung/

Tour: https://musikspaziergang.de/events/auf-den-spuren-orlando-di-lassos/

Monument: https://municharttogo.zikg.eu/items/show/337

Gravestone: https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00037200

Projects: https://lasso.badw.de/das-projekt.html

This episode invites listeners into the world of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, where sacred music, ambition, grief, and legend converge in one extraordinary Renaissance life. Expect a portrait of a composer who not only shaped the sound of Catholic worship but also survived professional setbacks, devastating personal losses, and the pressures of a changing Church—emerging as one of Western music’s most enduring voices.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0BS8IrFmvK1tXenMULjwem?si=FVUDqyPJTLSP8Og8nDJYKg

Museum & Society: https://www.italia.it/de/latium/palestrina/kulturstaetten/stiftung-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina

Monument: https://www.walksinrome.com/blog/february-2nd-1594-death-in-rome-of-the-composer-palestrina

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