Join us on Monday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. for the first concert in this season’s series, featuring The Sixteen. Tickets are available HERE or through the Music Office (205-443-8553).
Celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, The Sixteen arose from its Founder and Conductor Harry Christophers’ formative experience as cathedral chorister and choral scholar. His enterprise, launched in 1979, built on the best of the British choral tradition while setting new standards of virtuosity and musicianship. The Sixteen’s professional female and male voices create a distinctive sound of great warmth and clarity. Although refined over four decades, that sound has remained remarkably consistent, always responsive to the emotional content of words and music, ever alert to subtle nuances of color and shading. The UK-based ensemble, hallmarked by its tonal richness, expressive intensity, and compelling collective artistry, has introduced countless newcomers to works drawn from well over five centuries of sacred and secular repertoire. The Sixteen rarely tours, making this a unique opportunity to hear the group in live performance.