Ikon Arts News

Early Music vocal ensemble Stile Antico will this year make its debut at the BBC Proms, one of the world's greatest classical music festivals. They will perform their hugely popular programme "Song of Songs", whose CD was nominated for a GRAMMY award in 2009. The performance is on Monday 23 August at 1pm, at Cadogan Hall.

Full details are available on the Proms website.

Stile Antico have been nominated for a Classical Brit Award, in the category of Young British Classical Performer or Group. The announcement was made yesterday at the Awards Launch at the Mayfair Hotel in London. Stile Antico is running against young mezzo-soprano Faryl Smith (from the TV show 'Britain's Got Talent') and violinist Jack Liebeck.

Read more here.

The Tippett Quartet features on Howard Goodall's brand new album 'Pelican in the Wilderness', to be released in May 2010.

'Pelican in the Wilderness' contains 13 lush vocal arrangements of Psalms, and features Enchanted Voices as well as the Tippett Quartet. Featured pieces include a new version of Howard's much loved theme from The Vicar of Dibley, 'Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd', and Psalm 137, 'By the Waters of Babylon'.