Sixteen, The

Associate Artists of the Southbank Centre, London, The Sixteen are also "The Voices of Classic FM". The Sixteen tour throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the Americas and have given regular performances at major concert halls and festivals worldwide, including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Centre, Bridgewater Hall Manchester, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sydney Opera House, and Vienna Musikverein; also the BBC Proms, and the festivals of La Chaise Dieu, Granada, Lucerne, Istanbul and Salzburg. The vigour and passion of its performance win new fans wherever it performs. At home in the UK, the group promotes an annual series in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, series of concerts in Oxford together with The Choral Pilgrimage, a tour of our finest cathedrals bringing music back to the buildings for which it was written.

The Sixteen is enhanced by the existence of its own period instrument orchestra, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, and through it Harry Christophers brings fresh insights to music by, amongst others, Purcell, Monteverdi, Bach and Handel.

Over the last six years The Sixteen has been building its own record label, CORO, which now boasts approaching 50 releases. New recordings include Music from the Sistine Chapel, Elin Manhan Thomas' live recording of Handel's Italian Cantatas, Music from the Chapel Royal, both with principals from the Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Victoria's Requiem and recordings that are about to be released such as Brahms' Requiem in the composer’s own 1869 version for choir and piano. These new recordings have been interspersed with discs that were formerly on the Collins label. Bringing together live concerts and recording plans has allowed The Sixteen to develop a strong brand and a glittering catalogue of releases, containing music from the Renaissance and Baroque through to great works of our time.

For more information on The Sixteen, Harry Christophers and CORO, please visit www.thesixteen.com