The Rose in Flower - Stile Antico

Stile Antico is internationally admired as “an ensemble of breathtaking freshness, vitality and balance...”.

In this pro-gramme each of the five Tudor reigns, from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, is represented by a large-scale antiphon – several dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the ‘mystic rose’ – by Lambe, White, Taverner and Tye. Interspersed between these works are the movements of William Byrd’s four-part Mass: an affectionate tribute by the last great Tudor master to his illustrious heritage. The programme ends with Tallis’s magnificent Gaude gloriosa. “Absolutely ravishing performances” - Classics Today.

“There is a passionate frankness to the singing but little fuss or faddishness. Line is everything… an evening of near perfection” - The Vancouver Sun

“Absolutely ravishing performances” – Classics Today

Ave Dei Patris Filia

John Taverner (c1490-1545)

Exaudiat te Dominus

Robert Whyte (c1538-1574)

Quaesumus omnipotens

Christopher Tye (c1505-?1572)

Nesciens Mater

Walter Lambe (c.1450-c.1504)

Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater, motet (antiphon) for 6 voices

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Mass for 4 Voices

William Byrd (1543-1623)

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