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The Sixteen at York Minster

The Sixteen and their conductor Harry Christophers perform their Choral Pilgrimage programme in York Minster as part of the York Early Music Festival.

The Sixteen and their conductor Harry Christophers perform their touring Choral Pilgrimage programme in York Minster as part of the York Early Music Festival.

The choir's 2025 Choral Pilgrimage: Angel of Peace is an offering of tranquillity that spans 600 years of choral music. From the devoutly beautiful chant of the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen to the magic of a new commission by the contemporary composer Anna Clyne, the music from across the centuries carries a message of peace and acceptance.

The Choral Pilgrimage tour takes its title from words by Cardinal Newman, set to music by Will Todd – ‘Let me be an angel of peace’. Newman’s meditation on the challenge of existence suggests life’s deepest valleys only help its highest mountains feel more wonderful. Perhaps, when we see that joy co-exists with sadness, we’ve been visited by our own Angel of Peace.

Hildegard of Bingen: Ave, generosa (vv 1-4)
Arvo Pärt: Tribute to Caesar
Will Todd: I shall be an angel of peace
John Taverner: Gaude plurimum

c.8.15pm
INTERVAL, including music by Arvo Pärt

c. 8.35pm
Hildegard of Bingen: Ave, generosa (vv 5-7)
Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Anna Clyne: Orbits
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
John Taverner: O splendor gloriae

Recorded at the York Early Music Festival on the 7th July.

Presented by Hannah French.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Jul 2025 19:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave, generosa (verses 1-4)

    Performer: Sarah Sexton. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Tribute to Caesar

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Will Todd

    I shall be an angel of peace

    Performer: Sarah Sexton. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • John Taverner

    Gaude plurimum

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Passacaglia

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ONYX.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Ralph van Raat.
    • Naxos.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Anna Maria

    Performer: Ralph van Raat.
    • Naxos.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Festina lente

    Orchestra: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • ECM.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave, generosa (verses 5-7)

    Performer: Sarah Sexton. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Da pacem Domine

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Anna Clyne

    Orbits

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Sarah Sexton. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Magnificat

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • John Taverner

    O splendor gloriae

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet In D Minor D.810 (Death And The Maiden)

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Jul 2025 19:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3