It’s been odd this Easter to not be involved in any Church services for the first time in 6 years. I must say I’ve missed it, especially the amazing atmosphere that used to be a regular feature of services at St Bartholomew the Great. There... continued
Richard Frostick leading workshops with schoolchildren in Chile.
In advance of our upcoming concert On Eagles Wings, we caught up with Richard Frostick, director of our choral development partners, The Music Centres, who will be performin... continued
Tenebrae rehearses at Cadogan Hall in preparation for their performance of Le Choeur Chant du Coeur.
So, a normally quiet time of the year has ended up being as busy as any other: no rest for the wicked! We had a fabulous team of singers perfor... continued
Tenebrae Consort performing at Kings Place with the London Youth Chamber Choir
A great start to 2016 appearing at the fab London A Cappella Festival at Kings Place curated by The Swingle Singers. They’re clearly doing great things there in... continued
On advent Sunday we returned to Cadogan Hall together with the English Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Handel’s Messiah. We were thrilled to be joined by soloists Grace Davidson (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), David Soar (bass) and as... continued
At St Martin-in-the Fields in November we did the first of our major The Tenebrae Effect workshop. Henry Southern our manager was delighted to tell me it had sold out within a week of being advertised and that we h... continued
A mathematician’s reflection:
Miles travelled: 12,500
Of which on ground transport: 1,800
Flights taken: 6
Number of bags lost: 0
Crossings of timezones: 8
Number of days off: 1
Girls who cried: 9 out of 9
Gallons (US) of coffee consum... continued
On the list of great bus journeys of the world, you’re unlikely to find St Louis MO to Ann Arbor MI in its upper reaches. It’s many many hours of remorselessly flat terrain, made occasionally more i... continued
St Louis Radio
After a lively evening post-concert in Cincinnati enjoying a few rounds of pool and sampling Yuengling, the oldest lager brewed in the US, we were grateful for the luxurious departure time of 10AM to set off for St Lou... continued
After a 6am wake-up call, it is usual for an early morning coach to have an air of sleepy silence, which is only ever broken by the sound of a certain someone’s phone, or indeed my volcanic snoring. It is perhaps surprising then... continued
Monday was a well-earned day off for most of our number (Nigel and Henry soldiered on with meetings and workshops). Some visited the local aquarium, some went in search of shops and Bourbon, many chose a lazy day in bed. The lovel... continued
Rehearsing in a brewery for the Skylark Ensemble gala. Believe it or not, a Tenebrae first!
As I was checking in my luggage on the morning of day 4 of our USA tour I was asked where I was flying to. I didn’t know the answer. More worr... continued