Choir
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Lead, Kindly Light
The Sixteen
- Date night
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 11 Sept 2026
- Time
- 19:30 · 2h 0m
- Venue
- Wells Cathedral
- City
- Wells
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
- Tickets
- from £15
You'll be taken to the ensemble's official site.
Summary
Harry Christophers leads The Sixteen at Wells Cathedral in a programme of Spanish Renaissance polyphony by Vivanco and Morales alongside contemporary commissions from Kerensa Briggs and James MacMillan.
Why it's fantastic
This evening bridges five centuries of choral music, weaving together intricate Renaissance polyphony from Spain with contemporary works by James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs. Listening to these layered voices inside the vast, resonant stone interior of the cathedral offers a meditative experience that feels both ancient and remarkably fresh.
Programme
- 01Vivanco: Christus factus est pro nobis
- 02Morales: Emendemus in Melius
- 03Vivanco: Assumpta est Maria
- 04Morales: Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
- 05Kerensa Briggs: Lead, kindly light (new commission)
- 06Vivanco: Magnificat Octavi toni
- 07Morales: Jubilate Deo omnis terra
- 08Vivanco: O quam suavis est, Domine
- 09Morales: Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
- 10Morales: Lamentabatur Jacob
- 11Vivanco: Caritas Pater est
- 12James MacMillan: Nothing in vain (Commissioned in 2021 by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen)
