Most well to do families in Renaissance Italy could only afford to marry off one daughter...the others were sent to the convent. That time, that place, that kind of tragedy was recreated in the inspirational surroundings of St Bartholomew's in a musical dramatization of Sacred Hearts, a novel by Sarah Dunant.
Lost love, Gregorian chant and sweeping, soaring music by Palestrina sung by a choir of "nuns" -made for an unforgettable combination...It was twice as long as the Latin Masses of my childhood and I didn't mind a bit.
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