Choir
The Sixteen at St James’s Piccadilly
The Sixteen
- Date night
- Under 90 mins
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Fri, 9 Oct 2026
- Time
- 19:30 · 1h 0m
- Venue
- St James’s Church, Piccadilly
- City
- London
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
- Tickets
- See booking site
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Summary
Harry Christophers leads The Sixteen at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, in a choral programme featuring Renaissance polyphony by Lassus, Victoria and Aleotti alongside English liturgical works.
Why it's fantastic
Spend an hour in the calm of this Wren-designed church for a sequence of choral music that spans five centuries. Harry Christophers leads his singers through a selection of Renaissance motets and traditional Anglican chant, offering a rare chance to hear early female composer Raphaella Aleotti alongside the great masters.
Programme
- 01Raphaella Aleotti Surge propera amica mea
- 02William Smith Preces and Responses
- 03John Sheppard Lords’s Prayer
- 04John Stainer – chant Psalm 77
- 05Lassus Benedicta es Regina caelorum
- 06Lassus septimi toni Magnificat
- 07Victoria Alma Redemptoris Mater
- 08Corvedale / Maurice Bevan There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Soloists
- The Sixteen
