The Sixteen: Mother of Mercy – Music for Lent from a Golden Age of Portuguese Music
Thursday 26 March 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lotti’s Crucifixus is just the start of it, as Harry Christophers and The Sixteen celebrate Lent in the most sumptuous way possible – with the music of baroque Portugal.
Lent is supposed to be a time of reflection and austerity, but everything’s relative, and in Portugal, in the 17tth and 18th centuries, those weeks of fasting were the pretext for a feast of sacred music at its most emotionally-charged. Harry Christophers and his world-famous chamber choir The Sixteen invite us to the banquet today, and music as glorious as Lotti’s Crucifixus needs no introduction. But that’s just for starters. Savour yearning melodies, lush harmonies and soaring, impassioned prayers from Melgas, Caldara and Rebelo, as well as the blossoming, endlessly expressive imagination of Domenico Scarlatti. Self-denial has never sounded so indulgent…
Antonio Lotti Crucifixus á 8
Diogo Dias Melgas Popule Meus – Improperia
Domenico Scarlatti Iste Confessor
Diogo Dias Melgas Lamentacão de Quinta Feira Santa
Salve Regina
Rebelo Panis Angelicus
Antonio Caldara Crucifixus a 16
Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater a10
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers director
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