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Donald Macleod surveys one of the most famed Spanish composers of the Renaissance, Tom谩s Luis de Victoria.

Tom谩s Luis de Victoria has become the most famed Spanish composer of the Renaissance and ranks alongside Palestrina and Lassus as one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. He was a singer, organist, scholar, teacher, and a priest but it was in composition that he made his most significant impact. His motets, Offices for the Dead and music for Holy Week are admired for their great beauty and intensity and his musical talent thrust him into the orbit of Spain鈥檚 royal family and the most senior clerics in Rome. His devotion to God sat at the heart of his creative life; and he wrote, 鈥渢here is not a single thing as useful as music, which, reaching our hearts soft but deeply, provides a clear benefit not only for our soul but also for our body.鈥�

Music Featured:

O magnum mysterium
Ave Maria
Missa pro defunctis (Taedet animan meam)
Missa pro defunctis (excerpt)
Missa pro defunctis (excerpt)
Magnificat octavi toni
O Magnum Mysterium
Vadam et circuibo civitatem a 6
Ascendens Christus in altum
Super flumina Babylonis
Missa O magnum mysterium
Ave maris stella a 4
Gaude Maria
Nigra sum sed formosa
Ardens Est Cor Muem
Magnificat septimi toni
Lamentations for Maundy Thursday
Conditor alme siderum a 4
Aurea luce a 4
O Ildephonse
Pange Lingua 鈥榤ore hispano鈥� a 4
Victimae paschali Laudes a 8
Veni, Sancte Spiritus a 8
Missa pro Victoria a 9
Missa Surge Propera a 5 (Credo)
O quam gloriosum
O vos omnes
Missa pro defunctis (excerpt)
Versa est in luctum
Libera me (Absolution)
Missa Salve regina a 8
Alma Redemptoris Mater

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Luke Whitlock

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Tom谩s Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) /programmes/m0018862

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z