The Sixteen

ing the Barbican Centre in London, the Bridgewater Hall

in Manchester, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the
Sydney Opera House, Tokyo Opera City and the Vienna
Musikverein. They have also performed at the BBC
Proms and the festivals of Granada, Lucerne, Istanbul,
Prague and Salzburg.
In addition, The Sixteens period orchestra have taken
part in semi-staged performances of Purcell's Fairy
Queen in Tel Aviv and London, a fully staged production of Purcells King Arthur in Lisbons Belem Centre,
followed by new productions of Claudio Monteverdi's Il
ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at Lisbon Opera House and The
Coronation of Poppea at the English National Opera.
The Sixteen have an education programme and recent
projects include a series of school matines for hundreds
of primary school children in Bury St Edmunds, Liverpool and Southwell under the national Sing Up initiative.
The Sixteen also have close ties with the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music, oering opportunities for young people about to embark on
careers as professional musicians.

Harry Christophers, founder of The Sixteen

1 Discography

The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christo- Over 90 recordings reect the Sixteens range of work,
phers, it started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends spanning the music of 500 years and winning many
awards including the Grand Prix du Disque, numerous
in 1977, giving their rst billed concert in 1979.[1]
Schallplattenkritik, a Gramophone Award (Early Music,
The group performs early English polyphony, works of 1992), the Classical Brit Award in 2005 for Renaissance
the Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical music, and
and IKON, which was nominated for a Grammy Award
a diversity of 20th-century music.
and two Classical Brits. These latter two discs were
The Sixteen are The Voices of Classic FM", TV me- recorded as part of the groups contract with Universal
dia partner with Sky Arts and associate artists of the Classics and Jazz.
Southbank Centre in London and Bridgewater Hall in Since 2001, the Sixteen have had their own record laManchester. The group promotes an annual series at the bel, CORO, which has released over 90 titles to date.
Queen Elizabeth Hall as well as the Choral Pilgrimage, Recent recordings include Handels oratorio Messiah,
a tour of Britains nest cathedrals: bringing music back with soloists: Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers,
to the buildings for which it was written. The Sixteen Mark Padmore and Christopher Purves (winner of a
featured in the BBC Four television series Sacred Music, MIDEM Classical Award 2009), Dixit Dominus featurpresented by actor Simon Russell Beale. A second series ing Handel's eponymous early work and Steani's Stabat
was broadcast on BBC Four in 2010.
Mater, Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors,
The Sixteen tour throughout Europe, Japan, Australia which accompanied the 2010 Choral Pilgrimage and
and the Americas and have given regular performances Hail, Mother of the Redeemer, which accompanies the
at major concert halls and festivals worldwide, includ- 2011 Choral Pilgrimage.
1

See also
The Clerks
Hilliard Ensemble
I Fagiolini
Tallis Scholars
Handel and Haydn Society

References

[1] History. The Sixteen. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

External links
The Voices of Classic FM
Ocial website
Harry Christophers Interview with Paris Konstantinidis (19 July 2007)

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