The Sixteen – An Immortal Legacy
Saturday 27th June 2020 at 8:00 pm
Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter (1-4)
Tallis Salvator mundi
Morley April is in my mistress’ face
Gibbons The Silver Swan
Byrd This sweet and merry month of May
Sheppard In manus tuas III
Tippett Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Tallis O nata lux
Tallis O sacrum convivium
Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis
James MacMillan Mitte manum tuam
Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
Britten Gloriana Dances
Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter (5-8)
Harry Christophers conductor
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- While seating is zoned by price for this concert seats are not individually allocated
- On-line ticket receipts will be exchanged for individual tickets on the door
Photos Courtesy of Simon Jay Price
Refreshments
Artist Information
The Sixteen
Whether performing a simple medieval hymn or expressing the complex musical and emotional language of a contemporary choral composition, The Sixteen does so with qualities common to all great ensembles. Tonal warmth, rhythmic precision and immaculate intonation are clearly essential to the mix. But it is the courage and intensity with which The Sixteen makes music that speak above all to so many people.
The Sixteen gave its first concert in 1979 under the direction of Founder and Conductor Harry Christophers CBE. Their pioneering work since has made a profound impact on the performance of choral music and attracted a large new audience, not least as ‘The Voices of Classic FM’ and through BBC television’s Sacred Music series.
The voices and period-instrument players of The Sixteen are at home in over five centuries of music, a breadth reflected in their annual Choral Pilgrimage to Britain’s great cathedrals and sacred spaces, regular appearances at the world’s leading concert halls, and award-winning recordings for The Sixteen’s CORO and other labels.
Recent highlights include the world premiere of James MacMillan’s Stabat mater, commissioned for The Sixteen by the Genesis Foundation, an ambitious ongoing series of Handel oratorios, and a debut tour of China.
Harry Christophers
Conductor
Whether performing a simple medieval hymn or expressing the complex musical and emotional language of a contemporary choral composition, The Sixteen does so with qualities common to all great ensembles. Tonal warmth, rhythmic precision and immaculate intonation are clearly essential to the mix. But it is the courage and intensity with which The Sixteen makes music that speak above all to so many people.
The Sixteen gave its first concert in 1979 under the direction of Founder and Conductor Harry Christophers CBE. Their pioneering work since has made a profound impact on the performance of choral music and attracted a large new audience, not least as ‘The Voices of Classic FM’ and through BBC television’s Sacred Music series.
The voices and period-instrument players of The Sixteen are at home in over five centuries of music, a breadth reflected in their annual Choral Pilgrimage to Britain’s great cathedrals and sacred spaces, regular appearances at the world’s leading concert halls, and award-winning recordings for The Sixteen’s CORO and other labels.
Recent highlights include the world premiere of James MacMillan’s Stabat mater, commissioned for The Sixteen by the Genesis Foundation, an ambitious ongoing series of Handel oratorios, and a debut tour of China.