Music of the Week

Ascendit Deus in Jubilatione by Peter Philips (1560-1628)

Peter Philips was, along with William Byrd, one of the foremost religious composers of the Counter-Reformation and one of the greatest keyboard virtuosos of his time. At the age of 22, he fled the persecutions of English Catholics under Elizabeth 1 and his prolific output was composed in Continental Europe.  His Ascendit Deus in Jubilatione is a motet for five voices for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.
It is sung here by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross.