“Everything they perform arises to new levels of perfection” British press writes about the vocal ensemble Stile Antico, who is praised internationally for its fresh, vibrant and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. At EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN you follow the ensemble - in its first visit to Sweden - charting a musical course from twilight to sunrise, seductive and unsettling in equal measure!

PROGRAMME

TOWARD THE DAWN

EVENING

'Twilight gray had her sober livery all things clad'- Milton

J. Wilbye - Draw on sweet night

T. Tallis - Te lucis ante terminum

J. Ward - Come sable night

W. Byrd - Vigilate

NIGHTFALL

‘Through the spaces of the dark, midnight shakes the memory’- T.S. Eliot

J. Sheppard - In manus tuas 

G. Allegri - Miserere mei

INTERVAL

THE SMALL HOURS

‘Come, Sleep, the certain knot of peace’- Sidney

P. Rogier/T.Morley - Laboravi in gemitu meo 

O. de Lassus -Toutes les nuitz 

N. Muhly - Gentle Sleep 

DAWN

‘The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness’ - Shakespeare

T. Tallis - O nata lux

C. Monteverdi - Ecco mormorar l’onde 

J. Taverner - Ave Dei patris filia