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.

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…

A splendid recital in which the group showed its versatility and flexibility…

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.

Stile Antico were on their usual excellent form… ensemble and blend… were perfect.

The balance of voices was exquisite. Stile Antico’s sound is at once blended and individual… richness of sound and complexity of meaning.

No other group has their bright freshness of sound, or their vivid immediacy in performance.

These were singers who knew just when to bring out an inner voice, just when to emphasize a climactic note or a pivotal dissonance. They always knew where the music was going and why. It was a superb concert.

A performance with breathtaking control, precise execution, and astonishing text and structural clarity.  I haven’t heard choral singing of this quality in years…

Beginning with Jesus’s betrayal in the garden and ending with the entombment, there’s a profound sense of peace and meditation to Victoria’s masterly settings. With a spirited rendition of Guerrero’s joyful motet Maria Magdalene giving a lift at the end, it was hard not to emerge from such a concert without feeling refreshed and cleansed of spirit.