A track from our Messiah recording features in a special Sunday Times iTunes free promotion this weekend, when 15 of the top UK orchestras display their recorded wares in an attempt to encourage people to explore music they might not be familiar with. The following week's promotion will include a track from our Samson recording. The Sixteen are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, and The London Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.
Showing posts with label Handel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Handel. Show all posts
Friday, 9 July 2010
Sunday Times free iTunes downloads this and next weekend
A track from our Messiah recording features in a special Sunday Times iTunes free promotion this weekend, when 15 of the top UK orchestras display their recorded wares in an attempt to encourage people to explore music they might not be familiar with. The following week's promotion will include a track from our Samson recording. The Sixteen are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, and The London Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Everything you wanted to know about Handel but were afraid to ask.
The greatest composer of all time? The Lloyd Webber of his day? Same difference?
Whatever your opinion of Handel, don't miss the opportunity to hear those of Donald Burrows (author of the definitive handbook Handel: Messiah), Jeremy Black (author of Eighteenth Century Britain) and members of The Sixteen on Sunday 5th April.
Held in the delightful and aptly Baroque Trinity College of Music, Greenwich, tickets are on sale now from the National Centre for Early Music and cost £30 (includes cups of tea and/or coffee)or £25 if booked with a Choral Pilgrimage concert ticket.
Book now: 01904 651 485
Whatever your opinion of Handel, don't miss the opportunity to hear those of Donald Burrows (author of the definitive handbook Handel: Messiah), Jeremy Black (author of Eighteenth Century Britain) and members of The Sixteen on Sunday 5th April.
Held in the delightful and aptly Baroque Trinity College of Music, Greenwich, tickets are on sale now from the National Centre for Early Music and cost £30 (includes cups of tea and/or coffee)or £25 if booked with a Choral Pilgrimage concert ticket.
Book now: 01904 651 485
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
2009 The Year of Celebration
Purcell was born 350 years ago in 1659 and Handel popped his clogs one hundred years later. We're celebrating these historic musical landmarks, alongside contemporary composer James MacMillan's 50th birthday and our very own 30th anniversary on our major national tour, The Choral Pilgrimage 2009.
We're touring to at least 25 venues across the UK with two different programmes - an a cappella Purcell & MacMillan programme which includes Purcell's heartfelt Funeral Sentences and James MacMillan's powerfully emotive A Child's Prayer, written in memory of the Dunblane Tragedy. In 6 venues we'll be performing Handel's Coronation Anthems with both the choir and orchestra of The Sixteen - a celebration not to be missed.
Visit our website to see what and when we're performing near you!
http://www.the-sixteen.org.uk/tours/tour_cp_dates.htm
We're touring to at least 25 venues across the UK with two different programmes - an a cappella Purcell & MacMillan programme which includes Purcell's heartfelt Funeral Sentences and James MacMillan's powerfully emotive A Child's Prayer, written in memory of the Dunblane Tragedy. In 6 venues we'll be performing Handel's Coronation Anthems with both the choir and orchestra of The Sixteen - a celebration not to be missed.
Visit our website to see what and when we're performing near you!
http://www.the-sixteen.org.uk/tours/tour_cp_dates.htm
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