In this alluring programme, critically acclaimed vocal ensemble Stile Antico explores an exquisite selection of German Baroque repertoire. Delving into the rich tradition of Lutheran funeral music written to console and uplift the living, the ensemble traces a journey from the polyphonic works of the late Renaissance (often performed in Bach’s Leipzig), by way of Schütz’s masterpiece, Musikalische Exequien, to Bach’s longest and most moving motet, Jesu, meine Freude.
A programme of Italian masterpieces centred round the unaccompanied writing of Monteverdi, alongside Allegri’s famous Miserere and works by Lotti, Palestrina and Gesualdo.
A beautifully festive collection of music from the 16th century to the present day, with works by Palestrina and Lassus, carols by Howells and Rutter, Poulenc’s joyful Quatre motets pour le temps...
A selection of works displaying the beauty and joy of Christmas music, both sacred and secular: from sparkling arrangements of old favourites to more tender offerings from the 16th to 20th centuries...
How great were the ‘great composers’ in their twenties, and had they found their distinctive voices by that age? With music by twenty somethings past and present including Monteverdi, Purcell,...
Works inspired the events of Lent and Holy Week including two great Stabat Mater settings, by Palestrina and Lassus, performed alongside Tallis’ dramatic Lamentations and motets by Brahms and...
The Belgian-based ensemble performs some of the most poignant and important works of the Renaissance canon, namely Tallis’ Lamentations and Sheppard’s Media vita, interwoven with some of the...
Tallis’ astonishing 40-part motet Spem in alium and other works requiring substantial forces including Sheppard’s Missa Cantate, Robert White’s glorious Magnificat, and John Sutton’s Salve...
