Ikon Arts News

"Stile Antico are not only talented but have fresh ideas about how 16th-century sacred music should be presented" - writes Richard Morrison in his review in today's Times of Stile Antico's concert at St Stephen's Gloucester Road, London, last week. "...wonderfully clear lines, excellent intonation and diction, intelligent dynamics" are just some of the reviewer's comments; "they don't have a conductor, and that changes everything...their interpretations are done with the conviction and unanimity that comes when an ensemble arrives at its own conclusions, rather than merely bowing to a maestro's whims." Read the full review here.

"St Peter's Eaton Square...a really welcome addition to London concert halls". So writes Max Harrison in the May/June issue of Musical Opinion, after hearing the first two concerts in the inaugural Spring Season this year. Both concerts, by the Gould Piano Trio and pianist Leon McCawley, were extremely favourably reviewed; the reviewer said of Leon he "gave a brave and noble performance".

Following the success of Music for Compline, Stile Antico has just finished recording its second CD for Harmonia Mundi. Contrasting the simplest of Tallis' English hymns with rich, impassioned Catholic motets by Byrd, The Desire of Heavenly Harmonies is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2008.