Award-winning vocal ensemble Tenebrae visit the Limerick Sings International Choral Festival, presenting 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 James MacMillan:
Victoria – Amicus meus
MacMillan – Tenebrae factae sunt
Victoria – O vos omnes
MacMillan – Tradiderunt me
Victoria – Sepulto Domino
James MacMillan – Jesum tradidit impius

J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu komm
Victoria – Reproaches
Bach – Singet dem Herrn

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae