The Sixteen and their conductor/ founder Harry Christopher's celebrate 30 years together with this all-new release of heart-warming traditional English choral music. The composers featured on this album represent the continuity and evolution of British church music from Victorian times to the second Elizabethan age. These composers were less concerned with twentieth-century musical trends and more focused on writing heavenly music that would help lift spirits as the congregation sang. The care taken with balance, tone and enunciation has ensured that the Sixteen remains one of the worlds premiere vocal ensembles. Their unique sound has rarely been equaled by other groups, thus making each new release a valuable document of their extraordinary talents.
1 I Was Glad - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Sir Hubert Parry
2 O Thou the Central Orb - Anthem - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Charles Wood
3 Faire Is the Heaven - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, William Henry Harris
4 Beati Quorum Via - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Charles Villiers Stanford
5 Blessed City Heavenly Salem - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
6 Jerusalem - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Sir Hubert Parry
7 Evening Hymn - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Henry Balfour Gardiner
8 The Lord Is My Shepherd - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Howard Goodall
9 And I Saw a New Heaven - Mark Brown, the Sixteen, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Edgar Bainton
10 My Soul There Is a Country - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Sir Hubert Parry
11 I Saw the Lord - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, John Stainer
12 Like As the Hart - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Herbert Howells
13 Hail, Gladdening Light - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, Charles Wood
14 The Lord Is My Shepherd - the Sixteen, Mark Brown, Mike Hatch, Andrew Mellor, Robert Quinney, Harry Christophers, John Rutter
The Sixteen and their conductor/ founder Harry Christopher's celebrate 30 years together with this all-new release of heart-warming traditional English choral music. The composers featured on this album represent the continuity and evolution of British church music from Victorian times to the second Elizabethan age. These composers were less concerned with twentieth-century musical trends and more focused on writing heavenly music that would help lift spirits as the congregation sang. The care taken with balance, tone and enunciation has ensured that the Sixteen remains one of the worlds premiere vocal ensembles. Their unique sound has rarely been equaled by other groups, thus making each new release a valuable document of their extraordinary talents.
