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.
In collaboration with Collegium Gregorianum.
This concert is also available as part of a passe-partout.
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Programme
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Monastic Hours IV: Vespers for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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William Byrd
Assumpta est Maria
c1540-1623 -
Plainchant
Introduction
First antiphon
Psalm 109
First antiphon (repeat)
Second antiphon
Psalm 112
Second antiphon (repeat)
Third antiphon
Psalm 121
Third antiphon (repetition)
Fourth antiphon
Psalm 126
Fourth antiphon (repeat)
Hymn
Magnificat antiphon -
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Magnificat sexti toni
1548-1611 -
Plainchant
Magnificat antiphon (repeat)
Prayer
Dismissal -
Peter Philips
Salve Regina
Programme subject to change1560/61-1628
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
