Stile Antico
The world's oldest story? Possibly. The most beautiful? Absolutely! For Stile Antico's Christmas chronicle, we are only too happy to make it silent. Britain's top singers walk towards the light in the footsteps of carpenter Joseph and mother-to-be Mary. They populate their colourful tableaux with songs from Medieval and Renaissance Europe: expressive soundscapes by masters such as William Byrd, Orlandus Lassus, John Sheppard and Michael Praetorius.
Programme
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A voice from Heaven
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Plainchant
Conditor alma siderum
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John Taverner
Audivi vocem de caelo
c1490-1545 -
Heinrich Schütz
O lieber Herre Gott, SWV381
1585-1672 -
William Byrd
Laetentur caeli
c1540-1623 -
The Obedience of Mary
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Sebastián de Vivanco
Ave Maria
c1551-1622 -
Anoniem
There is no Rose of such virtue (from: The Trinity Carol Roll)
15th century -
Johannes Eccard
Übers Gebirg Maria geht
1553-1611 -
The Joy of the Angels
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
O magnum mysterium
1548-1611 -
Matheo Flecha
El Jubilate
1481-1553 -
Michael Praetorius
Ein Kind geboren in Bethlehem
1571-1621 -
The Eagerness of the Shepherds
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Pastores quidnam vidistis
c1510-1555/6 -
Claudio Monteverdi
Rutilante in nocte
1567-1643 -
Richard Dering
Quem vidistis pastores
c1580-1630 -
The Perseverance of the Wise Men
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Luca Marenzio
Tribus miraculis
1553/54-1599 -
Francisco Guerrero
A un nino llorando
1528-1599 -
John Sheppard
Reges Tharsis
c1515-1558 -
Orlande de Lassus
Resonet in laudibus
Programme subject to change
1530/32-1594
Musicians
- Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey soprano
- Emma Ashby, Cara Curran, Rosie Parker alto
- Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Hanley, Benedict Hymas tenor
- James Arthur, Nathan Harrison, Gareth Thomas bass
