An distinctly uneventful travel day from DC to Kansas City prompted Kate to ponder the state of her health… “One question we get asked frequently is “How do you stay healthy on a long tour?”. Being on the road for two weeks, and having concerts most nights, tends to bring out any (barely) concealed hypochondriac…
Andrew brings us up to date on a busy 24 hours in Washington DC: “After Tuesday’s eight-hour car journey from Davidson to DC, it was time for a change of pace. Helen, who is in charge of researching a ‘parallel itinerary’ (aka the fun stuff: where to eat and what to see) on these trips, had…
An evening of sublime polyphonic choral music performed by the young ensemble Stile Antico… at times dazzling, at times mesmerizing, and always stunningly beautiful…
Steve Row, cnvc.org (North Carolina) (24 February, 2015)
Helen offers a handy guide to the thrills and spills of life on the interstate. “Tuesday has been a day of driving – tackling the seven-hour drive between Davidson and Washington DC. We all love the chance to get behind the wheel in America and sample a bit of the all-American road trip experience. We…
The debut blog of the inimitable tenor Ben Clark, touring with us in place of Jim, who has stayed home with his little baby Henry. “It’s the rehearsal for our concert in Davidson. The group have recorded this programme, oh yes. Everyone looks relaxed, chatting, drinking tea. Do they know the fear in my head? The…
Katie has today’s blog: “The second day of a long tour can often be one of the most tiring of all. By this point, the excitement of having arrived in the States has just about worn off, and the time difference has crept up on us all with a vengeance. We were particularly pleased, then,…
Becky defied her jet-lag to pen our first blog of the tour: “Since we will be spending over two weeks over here in the States, we felt it was important to begin the acclimatisation process (both meteorological and gastronomical) early on. So it was on with the thermals and the woolly hats and off for…
After a gruelling travel day, with an unscheduled and not-entirely-welcome extra two hours to savour the delights of Washington Dulles airport, we’re safely ensconced in our hotel in Durham, NC, and looking forward to giving our tour-opening concert in the beautiful chapel at Duke University. More tomorrow!
It’s been a whirlwind week for Stile Antico. Tomorrow morning we fly to the US to begin a two-week, eight-concert tour, but whilst we were collecting visas, packing suitcases and viewing alarmingly chilly weather forecasts, we had the small matter of a recording to deal with. Stile Antico has been happily signed to Harmonia Mundi…
Stile Antico is looking forward to returning to the USA for an eight-concert tour, beginning at Duke University on 21st February, and ending in Columbus, OH on 6th March. The group is delighted to make its first visits to Miami, FL and Columbus, OH, as well as returning to some familiar venues: its Boston and New York…
Words are insufficient to convey the transcendent beauty and spiritual scope of this album’s music and what Stile Antico do with it… I dare you to listen to Ludwig Senfl’s Quis dabit oculis, or any other track on this album, and tell me this is not great ensemble singing.
Andrew Stewart, Sinfini Music (30 January, 2015)
This disc would be interesting purely as a historic exploration, even without the breathtaking musicianship on show. What musicianship it is. I’ve written before of Stile Antico’s collaborative spirit and magical sound. What strikes me most in this recording is the incredible tightness of their sound, a consequence, no doubt, of their refusal to sing with a conductor…
Simon Thompson, MusicWeb International (February 2015)