Choral at Cadogan 26-27: The Sixteen + Britten Sinfonia – MacMillan Stabat Mater

The Sixteen & Britten Sinfonia MacMillan Stabat Mater Programme Palestrina Stabat Mater Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a Sir James MacMillan Stabat Mater Performers The Sixteen Britten Sinfonia Harry Christophers conductor An emotionally charged Eastertide sequence, culminating in searingly direct and affecting work of our times – an instant 21st-century classic. Sir James MacMillan eloquently captures the intensity of Mary’s sorrow at the death of her son, a grief both personal and universal, recognisable to hundreds of thousands of parents around the world in troubled times of migration and war. It is music that conveys a dense despair but also – exquisitely – seems to let the light