The Choral Pilgrimage 2026
03 July @ 7.30pm to 9.15pm
About The Choral Pilgrimage 2026
Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance.
The range of emotion covered by composers in the Spanish Renaissance is demonstrated beautifully in the selected works by Cristóbal de Morales and Sebastián de Vivanco that form the basis of this Choral Pilgrimage: Lead, Kindly Light.
These works are complemented by settings of words by two poems from Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain, and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, Kindly Light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.
The Choral Workshop for Wellbeing will also be taking place on Saturday 18 July between 10.30pm to 4.30pm, at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.
Under the expert guidance of The Sixteen’s associate conductor Eamonn Dougan, and Sixteen sopranos Julie Cooper and Charlotte Mobbs, this unique choral workshop combines the art of singing with the science of vocal and nutritional health.
Buy a ticket for this corresponding workshop in the same transaction, and get £5.00 off.
Programme
Vivanco Christus factus est pro nobis
Morales Emendemus in Melius
Vivanco Assumpta est Maria
Morales Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
Kerensa Briggs Lead, kindly light (new commission)
Vivanco Magnificat Octavi toni
Morales Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Vivanco O quam suavis est, Domine
Morales Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
Morales Lamentabatur Jacob
Vivanco Caritas Pater est
James MacMillan Nothing in vain (Commissioned in 2021 by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen)
Performers
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
£15.00 – £35.00
Dates & times:
Friday 03 July 2026 at 7.30pm
Running time:
1 hour 45 minutes