The Celebrated Light of Music

For the fifth time in its 45-year history, and for the first time in two decades, The Sixteen will travel to Japan for four performances across the country, celebrating Palestrina’s 500th anniversary and the 90th birthday of Arvo Pärt. In a programme demonstrating the craft of choral writing across the centuries, we combine music from Palestrina’s exquisite Song of Songs and Stabat mater, with the mesmerising sounds of Pärt’s Tribute to Ceasar an...