Excerpt from Track 11 of Stile Antico's album 'Music for Compline'

William Byrd: Miserere mihi

Excerpt from Track 15 of Stile Antico's album 'Music for Compline'

William Byrd: Nunc dimittis

Excerpt from Track 1 of Stile Antico's album 'Music for Compline'

John Sheppard: Libera nos I

Excerpt from Track 6 of Stile Antico's album 'Heavenly Harmonies'

William Byrd: Exsurge, Domine

Excerpt from Track 2 of Stile Antico's album 'Heavenly Harmonies'

William Byrd: Vigilate

Excerpt from Track 19 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vidi speciosam

Excerpt from Track 5 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Nicolas Gombert: Quam Pulchra Es

Excerpt from Track 2 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me

Excerpt from Track 16 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Sebastián de Vivanco: Veni dilecte mi

Excerpt from Track 1 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Ego flos campi

Excerpt from Track 4 of Stile Antico's album 'Media Vita'

John Sheppard: Media vita

Excerpt from Track 1 of Stile Antico's album 'Media Vita'

John Sheppard: Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria

Excerpt from Track 7 of Stile Antico's album 'Puer natus est'

William Byrd: Ave Maria

Excerpt from Track 4 of Stile Antico's album 'Puer natus est'

Thomas Tallis: Gloria (Missa Puer natus est nobis)

Excerpt from Track 6 of Stile Antico's album 'Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart', with Fretwork.

John Amner: O ye little flock

Excerpt from Track 4 of Stile Antico's album 'Passion and Resurrection'

Orlande de Lassus: In monte Oliveti

Excerpt from Track 2 of Stile Antico's album 'The Phoenix Rising'

Thomas Tallis: Salvator mundi I

Extract from Track 6 of Stile Antico's album "From the Imperial Court"

Nicolas Gombert: Magnificat primi toni

Extract from Track 4 of Stile Antico's album 'From the Imperial Court'

Josquin Desprez: Mille regretz

Excerpt from Track 3 of Stile Antico's album 'A Wondrous Mystery'

Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories

Tomás Luis De Victoria: O Domine Jesu Christe

Tomás Luis De Victoria: Animam Meam Dilectam

Tomás Luis De Victoria: Tenebræ Factæ Sunt

Tracks taken from 'In A Strange Land', by kind permission of Harmonia Mundi.

In A Strange Land

Robert White: Lamentations

Huw Watkins: The Phoenix And The Turtle

John Dowland: In This Trembling Shadow

Richard Dering: Factum Est Silentium

William Byrd: Tristitia Et Anxietas

Lobo: Agnus Dei from Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria

Flecha: El Jubilate

Morales: Cum natus esset Jesus

Guerrero: A un niño llorando

Victoria: O Magnum mysterium

Early Music Vocal Ensemble

Excerpts appear here by kind permission of Harmonia Mundi USA

Stile Antico is firmly established as one of the world’s most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. Working without a conductor, its twelve members have thrilled audiences throughout Europe and North America with their fresh, vibrant and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. Its bestselling recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label have earned accolades including the Gramophone Award for Early Music, the Diapason d’or de l’année, the Edison Klassiek Award and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and have twice received Grammy® nominations.

Based in London, Stile Antico has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. The group enjoys a particularly close association with the Wigmore Hall, and has appeared at the BBC Proms, Buckingham Palace, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Cité de la Musique, the Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Luxembourg Philharmonie. Stile Antico is frequently invited to perform at Europe’s leading festivals: highlights include the Lucerne Easter Festival, the Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein and Wrocław Festivals and the Antwerp, Barcelona, Bruges, Granada, Utrecht and York Early Music Festivals.

Since making its critically acclaimed North American debut at the Boston Early Music Festival in 2009, Stile Antico has returned frequently to the US and Canada, performing regularly in Boston and in New York’s Music Before 1800 and Miller Theatre series. Further appearances include Washington’s Library of Congress, the Chan Centre in Vancouver, the Quebec Festival of Sacred Music, at Duke, Michigan and Yale Universities, and in concert series across nineteen US states. In 2010 Stile Antico made its debut at the Cervantino festival in Mexico.

Stile Antico is renowned for the committed and expressive performances that arise from its uniquely collaborative style of working: its members rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing artistically to the musical results. The group is also noted for its intelligent programming, drawing out thematic connections between works to shine new light on Renaissance music. In addition to its core repertoire, Stile Antico has given world premieres of works by John McCabe and Huw Watkins, and recently juxtaposed the music of William Byrd and James MacMillan to great acclaim. Its diverse range of collaborations has included performances with viol consort Fretwork, pianist Marino Fomenti, orchestra B’Rock, and Sting.

Alongside its concert and recording work, Stile Antico is passionate about sharing its repertoire and working style with the widest possible audience, and its masterclasses and workshops are much in demand. The group regularly leads courses at the Dartington International Summer School, is often invited to work alongside ensembles at universities, festivals and early music forums, and is preparing to expand its education work in schools under the auspices of the newly-created charitable Stile Antico Foundation.

Stile Antico looks forward to celebrating its tenth anniversary season, beginning in Summer 2015.

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