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The Sixteen

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Bach and Byrd

The Sixteen; Harry Christophers conductor

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Date
Thu 05 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
£60 £53 £43 £33 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

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General sale for this event will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 7 October.

Artists

  • The Sixteen
    • Harry Christophersconductor

    Programme

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV156
          :
        • Sinfonia
        • Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV147
          :
        • Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
        • Himmelskönig, sei willkommen BWV182
          :
        • Sinfonia

    Interval

    Overview

    Martin Luther’s attack on the corrupt Renaissance papacy and the resulting schism that divided the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches set the foundations for the works in The Sixteen’s programme. While Johann Sebastian Bach enhanced the Lutheran liturgy with his remarkable sacred cantatas, William Byrd expressed a longing for the return of the old Catholic faith to Elizabeth I’s England in works tinged with regret and defiance.

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