Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision. Tenebrae is thrilled to be visiting Duke Chapel in Durham, NC, with a wide-ranging programme celebrating the very best in the choral repertoire.

Programme

Orlando de Lassus: Musica Dei donum
Plainchant: Pange lingua
Philip Moore: Morning Prayer
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
Owain Park: Beati quorum via
Joanna Marsh: Evening Prayer
Orlando Gibbons arr. Christian Forshaw: Drop, drop slow tears
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere

Intermission

John Tavener: Funeral Ikos
Joanna Marsh: In Winter’s House
Owain Park: Caelos ascendit hodie
Sergei Rachmaninov: Heruvimskaya pesn
Pavel Chesnokov: Svyete tihi
James MacMillan: Miserere
Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae