The delicate art of reconstructing a Renaissance Mass

Fabrice Fitch
Friday, September 6, 2024

As well as attending sessions for a recording of Obrecht’s Missa Scaramella, Edward Breen learns from Fabrice Fitch about the fascinating process of reconstructing an incomplete Renaissance work

Fabrice Fitch & Andrew Kirkman (photography: Guy Verstraete)

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