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Today's show features music for the Lenten Season by Palestrina, Buxtehude, and Bach, plus Tenebrae responsories by Tomas Luis de Victoria from a new release featuring Stile Antico.
- Dieterich Buxtehude: Ad Faciem from 'Membra Jesu Nostri'. Performed by Cantus Cölln.
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Crux fidelis/Pange Lingua & Vexilla Regis. Performed by Musica Contexta.
- Johann Sebastian Bach: 3 chorale preludes from the Orgelbüchlein: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig; Christe, du Lamm Gottes; and Christus der uns selig macht, BWV 618, 619, 620. Performed by Simon Preston at the organ in Sorø Abbey, Denmark.
- Tomas Luis de Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories: Tamquam ad latronem, Tenebrae factae sunt, Animam meam dilectam, Jesum tradidit impius, Caligaverunt oculi mei. Performed by Stile Antico.