A thoroughly relaxed Becky writes: “Our Sunday having been given over to travelling and performing, we assigned today, Monday, as our day of rest. It certainly started that way for me with a blissful lie-in till 10.30. This did unfortunately mean I missed out on the hotel breakfast which I gather from my colleagues was…
Today’s blog is by Jim, whose ability to jump between tenor and bass was crucial at our Westport concert! “This morning, with some bellies still heavy with Pepe’s pizza, we continued our road trip with a short journey on the I-95, heading southwest along the edge of Connecticut (does anyone articulate that second C?) from…
Will clearly enjoyed our day in New Haven, CT! “Aside from a really wonderful concert in the pretty-much-perfect space of the Marquand Chapel at Yale, day three of the tour proper provided great pleasure with the first hints of a road trip, and the first meal out as a group. “Rather than deal with public…
Emma writes: “It’s great to be back in Boston for our fourth concert here! We started today reasonably bright-eyed considering the potential for jetlag, as most of us had slept pretty well in the very comfortable hotel. The morning was spent shopping, using the gym and the pool and relaxing ahead of what will be…
Helen writes: “Before the hard work of the tour kicks off, some of us thought it would be fun to use the opportunity of being Stateside to check out some of the spectacular scenery in New England. So as our fellow singers were dodging the snow showers in London whilst doing their last-minute packing, eight of us have spent the…
It’s a big day for Stile Antico: we’re thrilled to announce our newest member, the bass Tom Flint! Tom will be touring with us in the US and Canada. We thought we’d ask him a few questions, to give you a chance to get to know him. Stile Antico: Of all our members, you’ve travelled…
A message from Kate: “As the rest of the group is busy preparing for the tour by clearing their inboxes, loading their iPods (other digital music players are available) and getting their hair cut, I am stuck at home doing…..not much. Very sadly, I won’t be joining the group for the forthcoming tour to the…
This morning found us at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, just up the road from St Paul’s Cathedral. St Sep’s has been our unofficial home for several years, possessing as it does a winning (and surprisingly rare) combination of good acoustics, multiple spaces, reliable heating and modern kitchen and bathroom facilities: everything an early…
A major international tour is quite an undertaking. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving ten concerts for ten different promoters in ten different cities, leading three masterclasses and recording several performances for radio. We’ll be staying in nine different hotels, and once with host families; taking ten flights, two ferries and hiring three…
The Easter Vigil is complete – the new flame kindled, the Paschal candle lit, the Exsultet sung and the risen Christ welcomed with bells, the Gloria, and the sound of the organ, silent throughout the austere Lenten season. Easter morning has been celebrated with an orchestral mass, and perhaps a dash of Mascagni. And church…
‘Passion and Resurrection’, our first tour programme, is tightly programmed around a specific theme. Our second, ‘Treasures of the Renaissance’, could hardly be more different. Its theme, if it has one, is variety: we have tried to create the most colourful, energetic and diverse programme we could – one which will appeal equally to the…
Today – Good Friday – seems a good time to talk about ‘Passion and Resurrection’, one of the two programmes we’ll be taking across the Atlantic next week. Holy Week is the climax of the liturgical calendar, and for the singers of Stile Antico it is invariably one of the busiest of the year. The…