Together with fellow representatives of the UK’s freelance professional choral ensembles, we’ve sent this letter to the BBC to express our dismay at the decision to disband the
@BBCSingers
.
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
It was a dark and shocking day yesterday for the world of choral music, with news of the disbanding of the phenomenal
@BBCSingers
. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to all our friends and colleagues affected. What a terrible loss on so many levels.
We are excited to bring you our virtual performance of Sheppard's 'Libera Nos'. Recorded at home during lockdown, it reminds us that no matter where we are,
music is always with us, continuing to uplift and provide hope in testing times.
#AlwaysSinging
What a building! Going out with a bang for our last Choral Pilgrimage of the summer. We’ll return to the Byrd programme in September but tonight we are delighted to be back with
@yorkearlymusic
& are being recorded for
@BBCRadio3
to be broadcast on Wednesday evening at 7.30pm.
Welcome to our brand-new, five-part series, A Choral Odyssey. Presented by actor Sir Simon Russell Beale, this special series, produced by The Sixteen, explores choral music from across the ages in iconic, pertinent surroundings.
#AChoralOdyssey
O what a night! Thanks to everyone who came along and tuned in at home. Missed it? Listen again on
@BBCSounds
. Next stop for
@TheSixteen
= Germany
#touring
So sad to hear of James Bowman's passing. He was not just a great musician but a kind and lovely man whose wicked sense of humour would have everyone around him laughing. He sang on our B Minor Mass. His Agnus Dei is still one of the finest you will hear.
It’s Messiah day at The Sixteen! The Sixteen choir and orchestra are joined by a team of brilliant soloists -
@HilaryCronin
@helencharlston
@robmuz
and Matthew Brook for a sold out performance in the glorious surroundings of
@smitf_london
. Here’s a snippet from our rehearsal 👏
After an astonishing year, including a hugely successful UK programme, a world tour and the release of 9 CDs, the WINNER of the Ensemble award is Harry Christophers and
@TheSixteen
#RPSMusicAwards
We'd like to wish our Founder and Conductor Harry Christophers a very happy 70th birthday! Tune in to
@ClassicFM
from 10am to hear presenter Aled Jones share some of his favourite Sixteen recordings in celebration!
The eagle eyed amongst you might have spotted Sixteen soprano
@alexkidgell
on Easter from Kings this evening - what a star ⭐️ Wishing all our Twitter follows a Happy Easter 🎶
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of our
#ChoralPilgrimage
. This year we focus on Rome, a city which has inspired countless pilgrimages, and where each of our featured composers -
#Allegri
, Anerio, Josquin and Victoria - created some of their finest work.
#sixteenontour
We are greatly saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Parry's 'Lord, let me know mine end', was filmed
@ExeterCathedral
last night - we hope it provides a fitting and moving tribute to one of the country's most treasured monarchs.
Our conductor Harry Christophers has just won a Herald Angels Award! Accepted on his behalf by our Chief Executive Marie-Sophie Willis, these are given out for excellence across Edinburgh's Festivals by critics of the Herald newspaper. What a way to end our
@edintfest
journey!
What *hasn't* soprano
@JulieCooper74
missed about singing with The Sixteen? Luckily we will be reunited tomorrow for 'Music for Reflection' from
@KingsPlace
, our first performance back & we can't wait! Tickets are available on our website
#LiveFromLondon
This is surely the dream reaction for any conductor! Harry Christophers is keen to offer his thanks to the 'wow' child so
@handelandhaydn
are busy hunting him down!
Listen to this brief clip from Sunday's performance of Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music, and enjoy the wonderful moment of spontaneity just after the music ends.
We are delighted to announce that, at last night’s Diapason Awards in Paris, The Sixteen and Britten Sinfonia’s premiere recording of James MacMillan’s Stabat mater won the Diapason d’Or de l’Année in the Musique Chorale category.
🎤Welcome to the Choral Pilgrimage Tournament!🎤
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Here is a thread of the 16 ROUND ONE competitions, 2 games per day (on Sundays, we rest). Warm welcome to our co-host,
@ianaitkenhead
#ChoralPilgrimbledon
While there are other knockout-style music tournaments in the Twittersphere,
@ianaitkenhead
had the brilliant idea to host our own tournament of favourite tracks from the Choral Pilgrimage. Why not? Games begin next week. Get ready to vote.✅Here is our draft league table:
Our rehearsals today look a little different to what we’re used to, but being back singing together after so long feels really special. Join us via livestream tomorrow from
@KingsPlace
It’s going to be particular meaningful, performing a special programme of Music for Reflection
'Listening to this British choir soar in a live-streamed programme of recent and centuries-old music, my soul felt soothed.' ★★★★
@thetimes
review for our
#LiveFromLondon
concert
@KingsPlace
last Sat. Watch this & all other festival concerts in full
Fantastic concert
@wigmore_hall
last night, topped off by discovering that the legendary Elvis Costello was in the audience! He very kindly posed for a pic with Harry, Richard Boothby and members of
@FretworkViols
😊.
Sixteen bass Rob Macdonald was made head chorister
@HDFCathedral
summer 1982. He was caught wandering round the cloisters smiling away at the memories just before the concert & I couldn’t resist a picture
#chorister
#choralpilgrimage
#tour
Ep.1 of
#AChoralOdyssey
premieres this coming Wed 18 Nov, 7.30pm(GMT), exploring two towering works by Renaissance composers John Sheppard and Richard Davy and set in the beautiful surroundings of Magdalen College. Buy your tickets here!
AAAAnd THAT'S IT FOLKS. Alonso Lobo's heart-wrenching motet Versa est in Luctum is the champion of the Choral Pilgrimage Tournament - thank you for playing!
📣We are delighted that applications for Genesis Sixteen 2022/2023 are now open! Our leading training programme, funded by
@genesis_fndn
, offers a truly holistic package of support for young artists. Find out more and apply here -
We’re delight to be back
@AbbeyFestival
today for a sold out Immortal Legacy concert. Here is a snippet from Byrd’s This sweet and merry month of May from our rehearsal this afternoon 😃
#Byrd
#liveconcerts
It's William Byrd's 400th anniversary today and what better way to mark the occasion than with this performance of his mini masterpiece 'Turn our captivity, O Lord' from our album A Watchful Gaze. Enjoy!
We are enjoying our 2019 Christmas Tour which includes Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and we are lucky to have Frances Kelly with us playing the harp.
#britten
#christmascountdown
#harp
#carols
Here's a little taster of Zadok the Priest which we'll be performing tonight alongside Handel's Coronation Anthems
@StAlbansCath
🎶 Concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are available on the door
We are absolutely delighted to be back
@wigmore_hall
this evening to help close their summer season. They’ve done so much to support musicians this last 18 months and we are honoured to be Artists in Residence at this iconic London venue
#liveconcerts
#finzi
#stanford
We’ve made it to Edinburgh and the end of our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage. Tonight we also say a HUGE thank you to alto
@ianaitkenhead
who has sung with the group since 2000. We wish him well as he continues his law studies
#sixteenat40
#choralpilgrimage
If you've not been able to catch our Christmas tour live this year, grab a drink, get comfy and tune in to
@BBCRadio3
from 7.30pm tonight to hear a full length broadcast of our recent festive concert from
@BMusic_Ltd
.
Lovely moment at the weekend when Harry got the chance to throw out the first pitch and conduct the National Anthem with
@handelandhaydn
at the
@redsox
game in Boston!
🔔🔔🔔The title of our BRAND NEW forthcoming Christmas album might give you a bit of an earworm... for that we apologise. Nevertheless, we are excited to bring some Yuletide joy, now available for physical disc pre-order 🔔🔔🔔
👉
Applications for Genesis Sixteen are now OPEN. If you know anyone aged 18 - 23 who loves choral music please spread the word! Closing date is Mon 15 Jan 2018.
We’ve been joined at our rehearsal today by
@ClassicFM
. We are looking forward to our 3rd Choral Pilgrimage concert of 2023
@stjohnscam
. For more behind the scenes footage head to our Instagram stories
#choralpilgrimage
Delighted to be back at the
@NCH_Music
this evening with our Choral Pilgrimage programme. It’s been 8 years since we last appeared in Dublin. Seats have been opened up behind the choir so grab one here
We're delighted to have been shortlisted for two Gramophone Classical Music Awards!
'An Old Belief' has been shortlisted in the Choral category, and 'Byrd - Psalms, Songs and Sonnets' in the Early Music category.
Wish us luck!
Full reviews here:
Harry is all smiles under his snazzy new face mask 😷 🦠
We’re here in
@StMarysWarwick
and it feels AMAZING! Rehearsals underway ahead of concert 1 at 4.30pm
This week we are off to
@HeuresdeLessay
with a programme in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Our Associate Conductor,
@ejdougan
is at the helm and we are joined by harpist Olivia Jageurs & tenor Mark Dobell. We can’t wait 👏
A sneak-preview of 'Astiterunt Reges' from Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories which will be part of next year's Choral Pilgrimage taken at our recording session today...the album is out in March 2020. In the meantime here's something to keep you going:
This week's living room performance comes from Sixteen harpsichordist Alastair Ross. Having performed
#Bach
countless times with The Sixteen over the years, here he is playing Bach's Minuet from Partita No 4 in D major.
#QuarantineWithTheSixteen
#StayHome
@ClassicFM