Stile Antico

Thursday, 27 November 2025 at 10:30 am

Capilla Flamenca

Martin Randall Travel

St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Lavenham, United Kingdom

As the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance, Flemish musicians were the most admired in Europe. Many of the region’s finest singers and composers were recruited to work for the powerful Habsburgs, while others found their way to the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As the 16th century progressed, the Low Countries continued to flourish as a centre of cultural creativity. Its booming trading ports, not least Antwerp with its famous printing industry, and rich cities such as Amsterdam, renowned for religious tolerance, proved fertile ground for both home-grown and foreign musical talent.

Philippe Rogier, Laboravi in gemitu meo

Flemish composers at the Sistine Chapel
Josquin des Prez, Salve Regina
Jacques Arcadelt, Pater noster

A cultural melting pot
Clemens non Papa, Pastores quidnam vidistis
Peter Phillips, Ecce vicit Leo
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Estans assis aux rives aquatiques
Richard Dering, Factum est silentium
Clemens non Papa, Ego flos Campi

La Grande Chapelle – Music for the Habsburgs
Nicolas Gombert, Media Vita
Philippe Rogier, Regina caeli a8
Pierre De la Rue, Absalon fili mi
Philippe de Monte, Super flumina Baylonis

Lassus – the final flowering of the Flemish Renaissance
Orlandus Lassus, Musica Dei donum
Orlandus Lassus, Toutes les nuitz
Orlandus Lassus, Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes

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