Tune in to Tenebrae – isolation edition: Lissie Paul and Toby Ward
Lissie: Funnily enough, we’ve both picked tracks from the same Tenebrae album, Songs of Farewell; it was the first recording of Tenebrae’s I heard and contains some o... continued
Lissie: Funnily enough, we’ve both picked tracks from the same Tenebrae album, Songs of Farewell; it was the first recording of Tenebrae’s I heard and contains some o... continued
I’m going with the Gretchaninov Now the Powers of Heaven – first track of Russian Treasures CD. The Russian Treasures album launch at St James’ Spanish Place was my first Tenebrae... 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, sufferin... 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... 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... 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 Eas... 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 Renaiss... 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 ... 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, ... continued
We had a rare morning off, and I began it by eating too much granola. As a relative newcomer to touring life, one thing I’m still learning is how to pace myself at hotel breakfasts. With an empty stomach and effectively unlimited food, I overdo it ti... continued
Any day which begins with an 05:00 alarm is met with some trepidation by singers. Couple that with the previous evening’s post-concert reception and there were some groggy heads on the early morning bus to St Louis airport.
We flew back to ... continued