Here’s a round up of all we’ve been up to in a busy May this year. We started the month with a day of rehearsals for both the programmes we would be taking away on tour, and then straight on to Sherborne Abbey for our first concert on 4th May.... continued
And so after a couple of unusually quiet months for Tenebrae we dived straight into our Holy Week Festival at St John’s, Smith Square, full of energy and purpose. This year the Festival had a focus on the wonderful and highly atmospheric mus... 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.
Northern Rites is a programme that combines music by James MacMillan with pieces and arrange... 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.
Shortly after the Festival, we (Siglo de Oro) will be recording a disc of music that... continued
As a composer-conductor, what are the some of the differences between conducting your own music and listening to others’ interpretations? Do you have a preference?
When I conduct a piece of my own, I have to learn it from scratc... 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.
I’ve assembled a Lenten Sequence for our performance on Holy ... continued
Happy new year to all. Hope you’ve put on loads of weight with excessive amounts of good cheer and the like and are now enjoying the effects after a cleansing January. I’m certainly not!
It is with a heavy heart that I write to you all wi... continued
A youthful Tenebrae consort made our way on December 2nd for our first of two weeks in France. The trip would involve five concerts in Marseille and Provence, and a final sixth concert in Aix-en-Provence with the full Tenebrae ... continued
The choir take a bow at Kings Place, 13 Dec 2019.
Tenebrae’s busiest ever month and one which sees the choir perform at no fewer than 22 engagements, including concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and of course the UK.
It has b... continued
Església de Sant Genís, Torroella de Montgrí
Crumbs, it’s been ages since I wrote one of these so here goes, I just hope my memory serves me well for some of the performances that were a few months ago…
We had a steaming return to SJSS on J... continued
I first discovered the music of Ivor Gurney when I was in my first year at music college and heard Sleep performed in a lunchtime recital. I immediately fell in love with the piece. I remember thinking that it was utterly perfect, and headin... continued
It really doesn’t feel like that long ago that I was auditioning for the Tenebrae Associate Artist scheme, so looking back on the scheme as I prepare to leave it feels very strange indeed! What I think strikes me the most ... continued