High praise for Dowland at the Wigmore Hall
Robert White’s Lamentations is home territory for Stile Antico, and, as would be expected, the performance was flawless.
Barry Creasy, musicOMH (12 June, 2019)
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Wigmore Hall concert receives ***** from The Independent
A 12-piece vocal ensemble melds poetry about migration to a set of musical lamentations from the early 17th century with singularly powerful results
Michael Church, The Independent (13 June, 2019)
Hannover performance receives glowing review
What a sound! Radiant, absolutely focused, extremely rich in overtones and earthy at the same time, it effortlessly filled the every corner of St. Mark’s Church.
Juliane Moghimi, Hannoversche Allgemeine (2 May, 2019)
‘Breaking the Habit’ praised in the Observer
Music was one of the few areas where women found recognition in male-dominated Renaissance Italy… as the richly talented vocal ensemble Stile Antico handsomely illustrated…
Stephen Pritchard, The Observer (5 May, 2019)
Vacancy for Mezzo-Soprano
Stile Antico is seeking to appoint a mezzo-soprano with outstanding musicianship and a particular love of early music. The closing date is 30th May 2019, and we anticipate that the successful candidate will take up the position early in 2020.
Please click here for the full job specification and details of how to apply.
Praise for Seville debut performance
A splendid recital in which the group showed its versatility and flexibility…
Andrés Moreno Mengíbar, Diario de Sevilla (24 March, 2019)
Ensemble Development Bursary recipients announced
Stile Antico is delighted to announce that the recipient of its inaugural Ensemble Development Bursary will be Fount & Origin, an Oxford-based vocal consort specialising in late-medieval and early-renaissance music.
Fount & Origin stood out from a very strong field of applicants through its enthusiasm for an often-neglected... continued
Bath BachFest concert praised in the Guardian
Radiantly sung… Stile Antico’s attention to the colour of words, subtle alternation of solo voices and different groupings of singers lent constant variety to the timbre and tone of the sound.
Rian Evans, The Guardian (24 February, 2019)
In a Strange Land praised by Santa Fe New Mexican
As imaginatively conceived and exquisitely sung as one would expect… Superb performances that combine ensemble warmth with just enough grit to intensify the emotional edge.
James M. Keller, Santa Fe New Mexican (8 February, 2019)
MusicOMH enjoys Stile Antico at Wigmore Hall
Stile Antico were on their usual excellent form… ensemble and blend… were perfect.
Barry Creasy, MusicOMH.com (17 February, 2019)
The Classical Source enjoys Wigmore Hall concert
The balance of voices was exquisite. Stile Antico’s sound is at once blended and individual… richness of sound and complexity of meaning.
Amanda-Jane Doran, The Classical Source (15 February, 2019)
Five star Wigmore Hall review from The Independent
No other group has their bright freshness of sound, or their vivid immediacy in performance.
Michael Church, The Independent (15 February, 2019)