Ikon Arts News

The Sixteen is featured in a new four-part series "Sacred Music" on BBC Four this season exploring the history of Western sacred music, presented by Simon Russell Beale.

In the company of The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, Russell Beale travels from London to France, Italy and Germany to discover the places and people that made sacred music history. Along the way The Sixteen perform on location, singing music by Léonin, Pérotin, Palestrina, Tallis, Byrd, and JS Bach. To round off this choral tour, BBC Four will broadcast a concert given by The Sixteen at LSO St Luke's in London, in the spring.

Continuing their extraordinary success, Stile Antico will be awarded the Diapason D'Or in April 2008 for their 2nd CD release Heavenly Harmonies (on Harmonia Mundi).

The group have already had major success in France, having been awarded the prestigious French accolade, the Diapason D'Or for their debut recording Music For Compline - which in turn was awarded the Diapason D'Or de l'Année last year. Stile Antico also counts a GRAMMY nomination as one of their major achievements of 2007!