We’re thrilled to share that as part of the BBC Arts festival, Culture in Quarantine, we are performing the first ever TV concert as a virtual choir. Our singers will record their individual parts from their enforced isolation at home and be unified on BBC 4 for Easter Sunday. The repertoire is some of our… continued

Since the last time I wrote a blog our world has seemingly turned upside down. No-one can have escaped the effects of the current outbreak of COVID-19, and whilst we are mindful of those who need help most we are also, as musicians, suffering in our own particular way. I won’t bore readers with the… continued

We’ve asked our singers to name their favourite Tenebrae tracks and the music that’s keeping them going at the moment. Have a listen to the Spotify playlist for the full selection. Hannah King: A favourite track of mine is Footsteps, by Owain Park. I’m a bit biased as he’s my other half, but that’s actually… continued

Unfortunately the following Tenebrae concerts have been cancelled due to ongoing restrictions in the UK and abroad: Oslo Internasjonale Kirkemusikkfestival – 17 March Klassik Sterne Rheinfelden – 3 April National Concert Hall, Dublin – 4 April Holy Week Festival – 5-12 April Tenebrae Effect Workshop – 8 April Miserere mei, Deus – 8 April Drop,… continued

What inspired the programme you’re bringing to the Holy Week Festival? Tell us a bit about the music and what we should listen out for. The Mass in B Minor is Bach’s final great work, a testament of his life’s work. For me it is deeply philosophical, and one can sense completely what Bach the… continued

We’re thrilled to reveal that our newest Tenor Associate Artist for 2020-21 is to be Toby Ward. We held a couple of very successful days auditioning in February and are very glad to have Toby joining the remaining members of the current cohort, Victoria Meteyard, Hannah King and Joseph Edwards. Here is some more information… continued

What inspired the programme you’re bringing to the Holy Week Festival? Tell us a bit about the music and what we should listen out for. Our concert consists entirely of various settings of the famous Easter text Crucifixus pro nobis. Whilst some interpretations we will present date back to the early 1700s, we will be performing… continued

What inspired the programme you’re bringing to the Holy Week Festival? Tell us a bit about the music and what we should listen out for. We’re performing an amazing eight-part mass setting for Easter by the late Renaissance composer Hieronymus Praetorius. It’s effervescent music. We’ve contrasted it with a series of motets for Holy Week… continued

I’m sitting in a well-known-yet-as-usual-slightly-disappointing coffee chain in Boston, reminiscing about the wonderful week I spent with my Tenebrae friends last month. It’s been three years since I left Europe and headed down-under to take up the post of Director of Music at Trinity College, Melbourne, and it was a real treat to be invited… continued

We had a wonderful time away in Australia at the end of January when we performed one concert in Melbourne and two in Sydney, making our debut there as part of the Sydney Festival. Bachtrack gave our final concert 5 stars, and there have been a whole host of excellent reviews for all the concerts:… continued

Applications are now open for the tenor position on our Associate Artist Scheme for the 2020-21 season and for professional singers of all voice parts wishing to join our deputy singer list. ASSOCIATE ARTIST VACANCY: TENOR Find out more about what the Associate Artist scheme entails. This opportunity is aimed specifically at young professional singers:… continued

36,000 feet up in the air and somewhere over the Hudson Bay, we are on our way home. We have turned back from the furthest point on the tour (122° W and thus a third of the way around the globe) after the last gig of the trip in Ashland, Oregon at the University of… continued