Stile Antico – The Golden Renaissance

Stile Antico – The Golden Renaissance
A journey through Stile Antico’s favourite music 

William Byrd – Exsurge Domine
John Taverner – Audivi vocem de caelo
Francisco Guerrero – A un niño llorando
Michael Praetorius – Ein Kind geboren
Thomas Tallis – In manus tuas
Thomas Tomkins – O Praise the Lord
Orlando Gibbons – Hosanna to the Son of David
John Sheppard – I give you a new commandment
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Recessit pastor noster
Cristóbal de Morales – Jubilate Deo
Orlando Gibbons – O clap your hands
William Byrd – Retire my soul
Giaches De Wert – Gaudete in Domino
Jacobus Clemens non Papa – Ego flos campi
Josquin des Prez – Salve Regina à 5
Huw Watkins – The Phoenix and the Turtle

In this attractive and highly contrasted programme, Stile Antico selects one piece from each of its sixteen award-winning albums to create a thrilling journey through some of the greatest music of the Renaissance. Exuberant works by composers such as Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins and Praetorius rub shoulders with tranquil motets by Taverner, Clemens non Papa and Tallis, and the alluring sounds of Huw Watkins’ virtuosic The Phoenix and the Turtle, written especially for the group. 

Tickets – £23 (Under 18s – £10)