| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2012 SJE Arts at St John the Evangelist Church | The Sixteen and Harry Christophers get ready for Christmas in Oxford |
| The theme of tonight’s concert, revealed the programme notes, was that of “marking time and preserving timeless values” – Christmas being a season that connects the past with the present. Musically, there were several strands to the programme that were supposed to demonstrate this theme: contrasting settings of the same text composed centuries apart, contemporary arrangements of ancient festive folk tunes, and juxtapositions of modern and renaissance carols with similar messages. Read full review... | |
| 19-Oct-2012 Durham Cathedral | The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2012 |
 By calling this year’s Choral Pilgrimage tour The Earth Resounds and including excerpts from a piece known as the “Earthquake mass”, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen created an expectation of drama and excitement before they’d sung a single note. The programme was built on the works of Josquin des Prez, Antoine Brumel and Orlando de Lassus, three 16th-century composers who were nominally Flemish, but who all lived a typically cosmopolitan renaissance lifestyle, working as church musicians across continental Europe.
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