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Two glorious concerts this evening from the sumptuous surroundings of Beverley Minster, nestled in the east Yorkshire countryside between York and Hull.

As part of the 2021 Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, vocal ensemble Stile Antico take us "Toward the Dawn". Their programme charts a course from twilight to sunrise, seductive and unsettling in equal measure. Taverner鈥檚 mighty Ave Dei patris filia stands at the end of a delicious sequence of sacred music, chansons and madrigals by English and Continental composers including Byrd, Lassus and Tallis. Thrill to the spine-tingling sounds of Allegri鈥檚 beloved Miserere and enter into the glorious sound world of Nico Muhly鈥檚 Gentle Sleep, a haunting setting of words by Shakespeare, written especially for the twelve voices of Stile Antico.

Then, the acclaimed instrumental ensemble La Serenissima brings the life-affirming music of 18th-century Venice and Northern Italy in the form of music by Vivaldi, Samartini and Brescianello. Sharing the stage with recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus, La Serenissima鈥檚 concert is guaranteed to lift the spirits and truly bring the heady sounds of the Venetian summer to the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Presented by Hannah French