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Venue details
Cadogan Hall
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Set in a fantastic location in the heart of Chelsea, just minutes from Sloane Square tube station, Cadogan Hall has become one of London’s leading concert venues.
In collaboration with Britten Sinfonia and the Genesis Foundation, The Sixteen presents the UK premiere of James MacMillan's brand new choral work.
When Sir James MacMillan writes a new choral work, the world takes notice, because few living composers write with more honesty and passion. With a span of around an hour, Angels Unawares is a major new statement from MacMillan coupled with a brilliant libretto written by Robert Willis, former Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, completed shortly before his untimely death in autumn 2024. Who better to give the work’s UK premiere than The Sixteen and the Britten Sinfonia, both tireless champions of MacMillan’s work?
Angels Unawares is commissioned and supported by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.
PROGRAMME
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James MacMillan
Nothing in Vain
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Tallis
Why Fum’th in Fight
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Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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James MacMillan
Angels Unawares (UK premiere)
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Britten Sinfonia
- Harry Christophers conductor
- Elizabeth Watts soprano
- Robert Murray tenor