Stile Antico
Where did polyphony originally belong? Not in concert series and at festivals, but in monasteries and churches, where the Liturgy of the Hours gave rhythm to daily life. In five concerts, Stile Antico and Collegium Gregorianum will perform five hours, appropriate for different times of day: Advent dawns during Matins, Christmas shines during Lauds, Easter inspires High Mass, the Assumption of Mary colours Vespers, and Compline echoes the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. A four-part Mass by William Byrd and Gregorian melodies form the backbone of this living tribute to 1,500 years of tradition.
Programme
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Monastic Hours III: Terce and Mass during the Octave of Easter
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William Byrd
Mass for Four Voices
Programme subject to changec1540-1623
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
- Collegium Gregorianum
- Greg Skidmore, William Townend, James Robinson, Tom Castle voice
