Genesis Sixteen Choral Evensong

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Thursday 9 July 5pm

Join Genesis Sixteen, The Sixteen’s free young artists’ programme for talented young ensemble singers, as they deliver a service of Choral Evensong as part of their fourth and final residential course of the year-long programme.

Conducted by Harry Christophers CBE, Eamonn Dougan, and this year’s conducting scholar Florence Price, the choir will sing an introit, Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by 16th-century composer Orlande de Lassus, complimented by a premiere performance of Preces & Responses by The Sixteen alto and composer, Kim Porter, and a contemporary anthem by Irish composer, Eoghan Desmond. The service will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3, to be played on Wednesday 5th August 2026.

Please arrive no later than 4.45pm so we can get everyone seated before the BBC start recording.

Genesis Sixteen will also perform at St James’s Church, Piccadilly on Saturday 11 July as part of The Sixteen’s wider one-day choral festival, Sounds Sublime. The concert will be at 5.30pm, and more information about the day’s festival activity – ranging from Choral Tots and Family Concerts to Youth Choir Workshops and free courtyard performances – can be found here: https://thesixteen.com/season/sounds-sublime-2026/