Spain’s Siglo de oro, the ‘Age of Gold’, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. The Sixteen explore majestic works by Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco, whose intricately crafted counterpoint adorned services at the cathedrals of Ávila and Salamanca. The programme also features spellbinding settings of words by St John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in vain, and the world premiere of NCEM Composers Award alumna Kerensa Briggs’s Lead, kindly light.

“The Sixteen are brilliant at lifting us up to another world” –  The Telegraph

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
Vivanco Magnificat octavi toni
Vivanco Caritas Pater est
Morales Lamentabatur Jacob
Sir James MacMillan Nothing in vain
Morales Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Vivanco O quam suavis est, Domine
Morales Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix

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Doors open at 6.45pm.

Tickets:

Reserved seating front nave £40
Reserved seating rear nave £30
Unreserved seating side aisles £16 | Under 35s £10

Tickets can be booked via the National Centre for Early Music’s website.