Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697-1780)
O Lingua Benedicta
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Et misericordia
Gloria Patri
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
In manus tuas domine
Tecum principum
Qui sicut Domine
Si quaeris miracula

The name of Father Vallotti, a Conventual Franciscan, esteemed musician and valuable teacher, is still known nowadays particularly for his speculative works. He was considered by Bonifazio Asioli, “the greatest of the Italian harmonists”, and his appointment at the Berlin court confirms he was appreciated not only in his homeland. His harmonic knowledge and uncommon compositional virtue have given us pages of rare elegance where the liturgical and sacred aspect is distilled in every chord.