Award-winning vocal ensemble Tenebrae presents some of the most exquisite works of the Renaissance alongside Sir James MacMillan’s contemporary settings of the Tenebrae Responsories. The group’s vocal virtuosity is showcased in performances of iconic motets by J. S. Bach.

Programme

Alonso Lobo: Versa est in luctum
Selections from the Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Sir James MacMillan:
Victoria: Amicus meus
MacMillan: Tenebrae factae sunt
Victoria: O vos omnes
MacMillan: Tradiderunt me
Victoria: Sepulto Domino
MacMillan: Jesum tradidit impius
J. S. Bach: Komm, Jesu komm, BWV 229

Interval

Victoria: Reproaches
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Victoria: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae