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Stile Antico

On the way to Christmas | 17 - 21 Dec 2024

Stile Antico

On the way to Christmas 
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.

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About the performers

Stile Antico is a much-praised vocal ensemble of young British singers which, without a conductor, concentrates on the polyphonic repertoire of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Early Baroque. Its bestselling recordings have earned accolades including the Gramophone Award for Early Music, Diapason d’or de l’année, Edison Klassiek Award, and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The group has received three Grammy nominations.

Programme & Musicians

Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey soprano
Emma Ashby, Cara Curran, Rosie Parker alto
Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Hanley, Benedict Hymas, Tom Perkins tenor
James Arthur, Nathan Harrison, Gareth Thomas bass

A voice from Heaven

Plainchant
Conditor alma siderum  

John Taverner c1490-1545
Audivi vocem de caelo  

Heinrich Schütz 1585-1672
O lieber Herre Gott, SWV381  

William Byrd c1540-1623
Laetentur caeli  

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The Obedience of Mary 

Sebastián de Vivanco c1551-1622
Ave Maria  

Anonymous 15th century
There is no Rose of such virtue (from: The Trinity Carol Roll) 

Johannes Eccard 1553-1611
Übers Gebirg Maria geht  

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The Joy of the Angels 

Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611
O magnum mysterium  

Matheo Flecha 1481-1553
El Jubilate  

Michael Praetorius 1571-1621
Ein Kind geboren in Bethlehem 

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The Eagerness of the Shepherds 

Jacobus Clemens non Papa c1510-1555/6
Pastores quidnam vidistis  

Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643
Rutilante in nocte  

Richard Dering c1580-1630
Quem vidistis pastores  

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The Perseverance of the Wise Men 

Luca Marenzio 1553/54-1599
Tribus miraculis  

Francisco Guerrero 1528-1599
A un niño llorando  

John Sheppard c1515-1558
Reges Tharsis  

Orlandus Lassus 1530/32-1594 
Resonet in laudibus

Programme subject to change