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The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Derby
Lead, Kindly Light
Part of the The Choral Pilgrimage 2026 Season
Add to my Calendar 17-04-2026 19:30 17-04-2026 21:30 36 The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Derby Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. The majestic music of the Spanish Renaissance will be the theme of our 2026 Choral Pilgrimage programme, 'Lead, kindly light.' This year's series features works from Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco.Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage. Derby Cathedral, Derby DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Derby Cathedral
18-19 Iron Gate
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 3GP
England
Tickets
Prices: £15.00 - £30.00
Booking line: 0333 010 2850
Book Tickets
Programme
Sebastián de Vivanco – Christus factus est pro nobis
Cristóbal de Morales – Emendemus in melius
Sebastián de Vivanco – Assumpta est Maria
Cristóbal de Morales – Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas
Kerensa Briggs – Lead, kindly light (new commission)
Sebastián de Vivanco – Magnificat Octavi toni
~ Interval ~
Cristóbal de Morales – Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Sebastián de Vivanco – O quam suavis est, Domine
Cristóbal de Morales – Exaltata est sancta Dei Genetrix
Cristóbal de Morales – Lamentabatur Jacob
Sebastián de Vivanco – Caritas Pater est
James MacMillan – Nothing in vain
Performers
Harry Christophers – Conductor
Programme Note
Spain’s Siglo de Oro, the Age of Gold, gave rise to some of the greatest sacred choral music of the Renaissance. The majestic music of the Spanish Renaissance will be the theme of our 2026 Choral Pilgrimage programme, 'Lead, kindly light.' This year's series features works from Cristóbal de Morales, famed throughout Europe and in the New World, and the exquisite polyphony of Sebastián de Vivánco.
Our programme also features spellbinding settings of words by Saint John Henry Newman: Sir James MacMillan’s Nothing in Vain and the world premiere of Kerensa Briggs’ Lead, kindly light, specially commissioned for the Choral Pilgrimage.
