Saturday, 4 October 2025 at 8:15 pm
The Golden Renaissance
Klassiek in Rhoon
Dorpskerk Rhoon, Rhoon, Netherlands
Reviews
Beverley concert reviewed
Martin Dreyer, Charles Hutch Press (6 June, 2025)
THE 12 voices of Stile Antico celebrated the quincentenary of Palestrina’s birth with a programme centred on “The Prince of Music” in what is arguably the best cathedral-style acoustic anywhere in the north of England. Undoubtedly Beverley Minster suited the singers down to the ground: they were on top form.
The choir’s very name evokes the ‘old style’ attributed by later centuries to Palestrina, so he is in effect its patron composer. His achievements are still regarded as the epitome of classical Renaissance polyphony, especially in its controlled use of dissonance. If that sounds dry and academic, the effect here was quite the contrary: the music positively gleamed.
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