We’re thrilled that the wonderful composer Joanna Marsh is writing a new commission for us, to be premiered at Wigmore Hall on 1 December 2019. The new piece, In Winter’s House, is for male voices only and is written to sit alongside Britten’s Ceremony of Carols in its SSA arrangement. We caught up with her… continued

Since I last wrote the autumn has set in and the leaves are falling. The transition from summer has gone by in something of a blur as Tenebrae enjoyed its busiest September since we began performing nearly 20 years ago. In August we had tremendous fun performing at the BBC Proms, making our debut at… continued

A lively time for us this last June and July before we hit a full August leading into our busiest autumn since the choir started nearly 20 years ago. We had another wonderful trip to Suffolk for the Aldeburgh Festival at the start of June. We’ve been to this part of the world quite a… continued

This summer sees my final few months as an Associate Artist with Tenebrae, and what an amazing journey it’s been! I’m so grateful to Nigel and his brilliant team for welcoming me on board, particular thanks go to Helen Daniels, Jessy Croghan, Henry Southern, Charlotte Nohavicka, Esther Poole and Alex Davies whose tireless work over… continued

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. This building is absolutely beautiful,… 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 music of composer Sir James MacMillan, celebrating his 60th birthday this year. All… 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 arrangements from various Scandinavian traditions. I was struck by the stylistic resonances between much of this… 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 features the more-or-less unknown composer Matthias Werrecore. So I have built a programme around… 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 scratch again, just as if it was someone else’s music. A different mind set is needed… 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 Saturday, which includes settings of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday, Passiontide motets appropriate for the Easter Triduum, and a… 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 with some awful news about one of our most… continued

A youthful Tenebrae consort made its way on December 2nd for the first of two tours to the south of France. The trip would involve five concerts in Marseille and Provence, and a final sixth concert in Aix-en-Provence with the full Tenebrae forces. Along the way we performed in some truly beautiful churches and ate… continued