The Choicest Music of the Kingdom: London

This Sweet and Merry Month of May

Spotify

Overview

Ticket Prices: £

Access Information

St Margaret’s has a ramp for wheelchair users and also provide a hearing loop for those who need it.

Security Information

Please note, bag searches and security checks are carried out on arrival at the church. Audience members are required to arrive in plenty of time in order to accommodate this.

A feast of Renaissance choral classics to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of William Cecil.

This concert celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the driving force behind Queen Elizabeth I’s reign for four decades. Appointed High Steward of Westminster in 1561 it is fitting that a celebration of music from his era should be held in St Margaret’s Church. We will perform a selection of sacred Tudor choral pieces, some of which will have been commissioned by Lord Burghley or his son themselves.

PROGRAMME

Tallis
Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
Byrd
Miserere mihi Domine
Morley
My bonny lass she smileth
Sheppard
Libera nos I and II
Byrd
O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth
Sheppard
O happy dames
Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis
Tallis
O sacrum convivium
Tallis
Loquebantur variis linguis
Byrd
This sweet and merry month of May
Morley
April is in my mistress’ face
Cornysh
Ah Robyn
Tallis / Byrd
Miserere nostri

You may be interested in…

Event

The Choral Pilgrimage 2022: Greenwich

Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich

Tuesday 17 May 2022

7:30pm

A powerful programme of English choral music centred around Hubert Parry's Songs of Farewell

View and book

Event

Choral Workshop: London

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Sunday 4 September 2022

2pm

Our 2022 Choral Workshops are a rare and rewarding opportunity for keen amateur singers to explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.

View and book