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Date: April 28, 2010. 20:30.
Location: Church of Sant Felip Neri, Barcelona.
Context: Fourth concert XXXIII Festival de Música Antiga Barcelona , entitled Europa 1610: Les Musiques Noves.
Program: Requiem for the Renaissance. The latest masterpieces Victoria and Byrd.
Performers: Stile Antico . Young
although amply prepared. That could be, perfectly, the phrase to sum up the good work of this young English side.
Stile Antico is a set UK made up of young professional singers, trained in some of the best music centers in Britain, including The Royal Academy of Music, Royal Opera House, Trinity College Cambridge, Oxford University, King's College London, which in turn have worked and been part of some sets of world-class in the UK, such as The Brabant Ensemble , The Cardinall's Musick , Voces8 , The King's Singers , Oxford Camerata, The Sixteen , Polyphony , Gabrieli Consort , The BBC Singers, Dunedin Consort, among others. In addition, Some of them are trained as professional musicians and others are also directors of the choir.
Ultimately, with such a curriculum of voices, the result may seem obvious. And it is, but this set is that there is more than a number of excellent young singers. Noted that in 2005 when they had not yet made the leap to the "fame", and picked up the first prize in the prestigious Early Music Network International Young Artists' Competition , speaks volumes about the tremendous quality treasured for years . But most striking is the average age of the group, which at this time will be around 27-28 years, but five years ago, when won that award, it was insulting.
And I say that there is something else, because observing their interpretation is to realize the deep knowledge of style and interpretive depth achieved.
in Spain were presented for the second time in his career, the first was last year at the International Festival of Music and Dance in Granada, and did so with a program dedicated to one of the most brilliant works of the English Renaissance, as Requiem is -6 Tomás Luis de Victoria. A piece that, a priori requires a special knowledge of the period, because it is a work of special spiritual depth and remarkable structural complexity.
The program, as shown, inserting planned movements Requiem other sacred works of William Byrd, for his collection Gradualia I . This structure, but could be more fun for not "understood", I did not quite satisfy, since it makes losing important piece unit victory. Note that both the mass of Victoria as the cycle of motets by Byrd, were published the same year, 1605, becoming one of the last pieces of the authors, quite master pieces on the other hand.
already knew their good work in the interpretation of English composers, his real specialty and have captured conveniently in three of the four albums that are currently published, recorded for Harmonia Mundi, "but I arose some doubt in its interpretation of the work of Victoria, and more in the case of a work as thoughtful as this, because I only knew his portrayal of a pair of motets Avila, recorded their third album.
is true that my expectations for the concert were really high, it is a package that has been achieved in a short time encandirlarme and get me. Despite all this, I must confess that met and exceeded my expectations by far.
Stile Antico's sound, although sound british , in the most complimentary term Nor is the typical English sound that other sets of fame we are accustomed. The training base is three voices together by rope. In this case, since the Requiem to 6 is made to svperius, svperivs, altvs, tenor, tenor and bassvs , added a fourth tenor of the whole, to deal with two-line version, leaving, however, only three sopranos, ie, one in a line of superivs -which, incidentally, covered to perfection one of the sisters Ashby. And I say that not a sound british use for several reasons: no use for the lines countertenors high, getting a sound very natural and powerful, the color of the tenor is more dark and powerful and low sound with greater presence and a sound more carefully. The sound of the sopranos asemajea itself is more than usual, with an enviable brilliance and purity. At times, no doubt lines using small controlled vibrato to emphasize certain passages, a resource that is often annoying, but sometimes is a little too much for my taste.
Victoria
His interpretation was brilliant, because the line was amazing clarity and expressive depth finally subdue. It is extraordinary to witness the great rapport between them and the effectiveness and accuracy entries, cuts, melodic games ... getting ahead without a director, something many should learn. Except at certain times of entries, especially in plainsong, the accuracy displayed was amazing. Performed by mixing the vocals parts, ie any singer not singing the same line next to each other-what some call-and fed American placement is an excellent resource for locals with good acoustics, as in this case, but in sometimes leads inaccuracies rhythmic and melodic, was not the case. Actually the lines are mixed and cohere well with this placement, but do not know if I really like these codes Renaissance couple.
The motets by Byrd, without some of the most inspired, from my point of view, were excellent in performance. English repertoire adopt it as their own and it shows, in addition, Byrd is a composer who understood, analyzed and portrayed really well. Your Iustorum animae, Nunc dimittis or In manus tuas, were certainly beautiful and exciting.
In short, a really splendid concert would say that the best I have witnessed and I've a lot on my back, and I will not forget easily. The music, sound, ambience and interpretation combined to create something unique, magical and special. Witnessing such proposals is something very rare in our country and the only reason we should all celebrate.
For a server, worthy heirs of The Tallis Scholars , thus: "Long live Stile Antico!
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Graduale , of Reqeuim to 6
Album: Requiem
The Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips Records 1987
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William Byrd (c.1540-1623): Nunc dimittis to 5, I Gradualia
Album: Music for Compline
Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 2007
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