Other notes - Lassus

With nearly sixty Mass settings, one hundred Magnificats, and an astonishing five hundred motets as well as several hundered secular works, Flemish composer Orlando de Lassus (1530-1594) is one of the most prolific and celebrated composers of the Renaissance. 

The opening ascending interval of Surrexit pastor bonus, set in five voice counterpoint, announces the resurrection, while fluid descending passages depict Christ laying down his life.  The motet concludes with a delightful peal of ‘Alleluias,’ heard for the first time since the Last Sunday of Epiphany.

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