The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Derby

Derby Cathedral Derby, East Midlands, DE1 3DY, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Friday 17 April 2026

19:30

Performers

Harry Christophers	Conductor
The Sixteen

Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. The majestic music of the Spanish Renaissance will be the theme of our 2026 Choral Pilgrimage programme, 'Lead, kindly light.' This year's series features works from Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco.

Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.

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Vivanco, Sebastian de (1551-1622)	Christus factus est pro nobis
Morales, Cristóbal de (1500-1553)	Emendemus in melius
Vivanco, Sebastian de (1551-1622)	Assumpta est Maria
Morales, Cristóbal de (1500-1553)	Gaude et laetare
Briggs, Kerensa (b. 1992)	Lead, kindly light (new commission)
Vivanco, Sebastian de (1551-1622)	Magnificat Octavi toni a 8
Morales, Cristóbal de (1500-1553)	Jubilate Deo
Vivanco, Sebastian de (1551-1622)	O quam suavis est, Domine
Morales, Cristóbal de (1500-1553)	Exaltata est Sancta Dei Genetrix
Morales, Cristóbal de (1500-1553)	Lamentabatur Jacob
Vivanco, Sebastian de (1551-1622)	Caritas Pater est
MacMillan, Sir James (b. 1959)	Nothing in vain