Stile Antico, making a welcome return after a stellar performance at The Bath Festival 2024, is one of the world’s leading a cappella ensembles.
Palestrina’s remarkable career was inextricably entwined with the Papacy and the great churches of Rome for which he composed. This programme explores the music he would have sung at the Sistine Chapel, the changes in his style demanded by the Counter-Reformation, his tragic personal life, and his influence on his successors.
The repertoire is sumptuous, including several of Palestrina’s most beloved and timeless motets and excerpts from the timeless masterpiece Missa Papae Marcelli.
Bath Abbey
