Coming Soon - All the music from the Choral Pilgrimage 2026
Pre-order now for shipment w/c 2 March 2026
(Released 6 March 2026)
Album Description
Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. Lead, Kindly Light is devoted to the music of two outstanding Spanish composers exploring majestic works by Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivanco, whose intricately crafted counterpoint adorned services at the cathedrals of Ávila and Salamanca during the late 1500s.
Contrasting and complementing these 16th-century masterpieces are spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in vain for soloists and double choir and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for this album and The Sixteen’s 2026 UK Choral Pilgrimage.
Artists
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
- VIVANCO Christus factus est pro nobis
- MORALES Emendemus in melius
- VIVANCO Assumpta est Maria a6
- MORALES Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
- Kerensa BRIGGS Lead, kindly light *
- VIVANCO Magnificat octavi toni
- MORALES Jubilate Deo omnis terra
- VIVANCO O quam suavis est, Domine a4
- MORALES Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix a6
- MORALES Lamentabatur Jacob a5
- VIVANCO Caritas Pater est a9
- James MacMILLAN Nothing in vain **
* New Commission & World Premiere Recording
** Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation