Stile Antico

Saturday, 16 January 2027 at 7:30 pm

Toward the Dawn

St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom

Stile Antico’s programme charts a course from twilight to sunrise, echoing both the rhythms of church liturgy and the medieval experience of night, seductive and unsettling in equal measure. Taverner’s mighty Ave Dei patris filia, based on a chant for Matins, stands at the end of a delicious sequence of sacred music, chansons, and madrigals by both English and Continental composers. Highlights include Allegri’s beloved Miserere mei and Nico Muhly’s Gentle Sleep, a haunting setting of words by Shakespeare, written especially for the 12 voices of Stile Antico.

EVENING
John Wilbye: Draw on, sweet night
Thomas Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum (ferial)
John Ward: Come, sable night
William Byrd: Vigilate

NIGHTFALL
John Sheppard: In manus tuas I
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei
Alonso Lobo: O quam suavis es

THE SMALL HOURS
Philippe Rogier/Thomas Morley: Laboravi in gemitu meo
Orlandus Lassus: Toutes les nuitz
Nico Muhly: Gentle Sleep

DAWN
Tallis: O nata lux
Claudio Monteverdi: Ecco mormorar l’onde
John Taverner: Ave Dei Patris filia

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