Seven Last Words from the Cross with Britten Sinfonia | Events

Barber’s Adagio and Allegri’s Miserere prepare the way for James MacMillan’s great Passion meditation, in this emotionally-charged evening from Tenebrae and Britten Sinfonia.

First heard in 1994, and recorded by Britten Sinfonia subsequently on Hyperion, MacMillan’s intense and emotionally-direct Passiontide setting has deservedly become a modern classic. It is performed here alongside a sequence of musical meditations.

Programme

Edmund Finnis – Hymn (After Byrd)
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Responsories (selection)
James MacMillan – Seven Last Words from the Cross

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae