Seven Last Words from the Cross with Britten Sinfonia
- 02 April 2026
- 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
- Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom
- Britten Pears Arts
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 – Tenebrae Responsories (selection)
James MacMillan – Seven Last Words from the Cross