{"product_id":"the-sixteen-lead-kindly-light-cd","title":"The Sixteen • Lead, Kindly Light (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-product__secondaryblock\"\u003e\n\u003caside class=\"c-product__product-additional\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-tabs c-tabs-block c-tabs-block--product\" data-toggle=\"tabslet\" data-deeplinking=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"about\" class=\"c-tabs-block__tab c-tabs-block__tab--about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-tabs-block__tab-content has-raw-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. Lead, Kindly Light is devoted to the music of two outstanding Spanish composers exploring majestic works by Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivanco, whose intricately crafted counterpoint adorned services at the cathedrals of Ávila and Salamanca during the late 1500s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContrasting and complementing these 16th-century masterpieces are spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in vain for soloists and double choir and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for this album and The Sixteen’s 2026 UK Choral Pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIVANCO\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eChristus factus est pro nobis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMORALES Emendemus in melius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIVANCO Assumpta est Maria a6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMORALES Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBRIGGS Lead, kindly light *\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIVANCO Magnificat octavi toni\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMORALES Jubilate Deo omnis terra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIVANCO O quam suavis est, Domine a4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMORALES Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix a6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMORALES Lamentabatur Jacob a5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVIVANCO Caritas Pater est a9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMACMILLAN Nothing in vain **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* New Commission \u0026amp; World Premiere Recording\u003cbr\u003e** Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for The Sixteen \u0026amp; Harry Christophers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sixteen\u003cbr\u003eHarry Christophers \u003cstrong\u003edirector\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/aside\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOR16159 • Released 2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CORO Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780510785910,"sku":"COR16218","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2225\/8403\/files\/82267136-f297-437f-a9eb-1ca3b81355ad.jpg?v=1777557269","url":"https:\/\/earlymusicshop.com\/products\/the-sixteen-lead-kindly-light-cd","provider":"The Early Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}