Stile Antico

Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 8:00 pm

Legendae sanctorum

Summer Festivities of Early Music

Kostel Panny Marie, Praha, Czech Republic

Stile Antico’s programme explores the lives of the saints — those legendary figures who inspired the Church, and are believed to intercede on behalf of Christian worshippers. We sing motets in honour of the Apostles St James and St Andrew, and venerate St William, St Katherine, St Cecilia (the patron saint of music) and – in his anniversary year – the great Francis of Assisi in a mouthwatering selection of motets from Renaissance England, Flanders, Italy and Spain. Our programme is framed by two works which carry their own particular legends: Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli, popularly believed to have saved church music from oblivion, and Allegri’s celebrated Miserere, whose origins and traditions are shrouded in layers of intrigue and myth-making.