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The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Southwell
Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. The majestic music of the Spanish Renaissance will be the theme of our 2026 Choral Pilgrimage programme, 'Lead, kindly light.' This year's series features works from Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco.
Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.
Programme
Vivanco: Christus factus est pro nobis
Morales: Emendemus in Melius
Vivanco: Assumpta est Maria
Morales: Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
Kerensa Briggs Lead, kindly light (new commission)
Vivanco: Magnificat Octavi toni
Interval
Morales: Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Vivanco: O quam suavis est, Domine
Morales: Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
Morales: Lamentabatur Jacob
Vivanco: Caritas Pater est
James MacMillan: Nothing in vain (Commissioned in 2021 by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen)
Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.
Programme
Vivanco: Christus factus est pro nobis
Morales: Emendemus in Melius
Vivanco: Assumpta est Maria
Morales: Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
Kerensa Briggs Lead, kindly light (new commission)
Vivanco: Magnificat Octavi toni
Interval
Morales: Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Vivanco: O quam suavis est, Domine
Morales: Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
Morales: Lamentabatur Jacob
Vivanco: Caritas Pater est
James MacMillan: Nothing in vain (Commissioned in 2021 by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen)
Thursday 16 Apr 26
Southwell Minster, Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire NG25 0HD
Timings: 19:30 - 21:15(Doors open 19:00)
Pricing: £15.00 - £35.00
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