Preghiera di Maria Stuarda from Luigi Dallapiccola's great, anti-fascist Canti di Prigiona, begun in 1938 in protest against Mussolini's introduction of race laws in Italy.

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Choir and members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3SDJlv72jc

Mary Stuart was executed in Fotheringhay Castle #OTD in 1587

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