It’s been an eventful few days. Our intrepid logistics-man, Will Dawes, 36, tells all… “After a few excellent days in and around Westerly, the group jumped back into our MPVs on Tuesday and headed back onto the I-95 for a mere 8hr journey to DC, We enjoyed the stunning skyline of Manhattan on the way,…
With great regret, it has been necessary to cancel Friday and Saturday’s joint concerts with the Folger Consort in Washington DC. The venue has taken the decision to close its facilities due to the impending severe winter storm in the DC area. However, an extra performance has been arranged this evening (Thursday 21st January). Here is…
We had a great time visiting Westerly, RI, the first stop on our current US tour. Here’s Eleanor: “After eight hours on a plane followed by three in a car, there’s nothing like a good dose of American hospitality to cheer us up and help us shrug off the jetlag. That’s exactly what we got…
We are sad to announce that after seven years with the group, Jim Clements will be leaving Stile Antico later in 2016. We are now seeking applications from tenors interested in taking his place. The closing date is 31st January, and all the details and a full Job Description are available here.
This new CD fully lives up to the supreme blend of voices… a programme that reveals Stile Antico as one of the most fluent, perceptive interpreters of Renaisance polyphony.
Geoffrey Norris, The Telegraph (23 December, 2015)
To these three shrines come most of the best choirs from Britain and further afield, and on the evidence of A Wondrous Mystery on the second evening of the Temple Winter Festival, there’s none more sheerly perfect than Stile Antico, now 10 years old.
David Nice, The Arts Desk (16 December, 2015)
Stile Antico has produced another pure-voiced, imaginatively programmed disc with this selection of mostly German Renaissance carols and motets.
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer (13 December, 2015)
This is sure to be a justly popular Christmas choice. it is a smooth and assured album and both the ensemble sound and the individual voices are extremely attractive.
Edward Breen, Gramophone (December 2015)
Tudor polyphony is music with enough strength, passion, beauty and drama to soar and inspire across the world. And on Friday night, with Stile Antico so cleanly expressive, so lithe, so well integrated and balanced, this wonderful repertoire had the world’s best possible ambassadors.
Geoff Brown, The Arts Desk (29 November, 2015)
The a cappella performances are consistently beautiful and soothing throughout, and the quietly joyous mood of the music fits the album’s title perfectly.
Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
A fine SACD from Stile Antico… glorious performances of works from church services from the Renaissance period.
Mel Martin, Audiophile Audition (21 November, 2015)
Impeccable… The sinuous yearning of Clemens’s Agnus Dei is a triumph of fluid phrasing and dynamic shaping, and a reminder of the formidable credentials of this group.
Terry Blain, BBC Music Magazine (December 2015)