The Sixteen bring eight singers and conductor Eamonn Dougan to perform a programme of beautiful choral music underneath the Whales.

Three colossal sperm whale sculptures will soar above the Nave for the start of 2026. Come and see these magnificent creatures, created by artist Tessa Campbell Fraser, during the Cathedral’s regular visiting hours or lit spectacularly at our evening concert.

PROGRAMME

  • Plainchant

    Vidi aquam 

  • Palestrina

    Sicut cervus (parts I and II)

  • Stanford

    It is not the tear, op.78, no.5

  • Bennet

     Weep, o mine eyes

  • Stanford

    To his flock, op.49, no.1 

  • Wilbye

    Weep, weep mine eyes

  • Elgar

    As torrents in summer 

  • Moeran

    The river god

  • Victoria

    Super flumina Babylonis 

  • Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream 

  • Elgar

    The shower op.71, no.1

  • Victoria

    Ave Maris stella

  • Josquin

      Gaude Virgo

  • Victoria

    Ave Maria a8

  • Carissimi

    Pecavimus Domine from Jonas 

PERFORMERS

  • The Sixteen (eight singers)
  • Eamonn Dougan conductor

Venue details

St Albans Cathedral

Box Office: 01727 890210

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