Palestrina crosses the Alps

Palestrina crosses the Alps

Italia und Germaina by Friedrich Overbech, symbolizing the 19th-century German fascination with all things Italian and –– by extension –– Catholic. ConcertSunday September 14, 2025 at 2 P. M. Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club1210 Fourth StreetSanta Monica, CA 90401...
Musical Patronage at Imperial Abbeys

Musical Patronage at Imperial Abbeys

The music archive at Kremsmünster Abbey, one of the most valuable collections of baroque sacred music in the world. Musica Transalpina is thrilled to present a program of sacred music from monastic sources on Saturday July 12 in Pasadena and Sunday July 13 in Newport...
Eternal Majesty: Requiem for an Empress

Eternal Majesty: Requiem for an Empress

Musica Transalpina is proud to present the first known American performance of Emperor Leopold’s Missa pro defunctis, which he composed for the death of the Empress Margaret Theresa in 1673.  The marriage between the Infanta Margaret Theresa and Holy Roman...
A Mass for Peace

A Mass for Peace

In a rapidly modernizing world marked by conflict, Jacobus de Kerle masterfully weaves the ethereal votive antiphon Da pacem, Domine into a magnificent cantus firmus mass as a cry for peace. Possibly written as a commemoration of the epic sea victory at Lepanto in...