Further to Tenebrae winning the BBC Music Magazine choral award for the choir’s recording of Brahms and Bruckner Motets, the album has re-entered the Specialist Classical Music Charts alongside two other recently released albums, both of which feature music by two highly-acclaimed contemporary choral composers: Ola Gjeilo and Alexander L’Estrange. In addition to having three albums in the top… continued

Applications are now OPEN for the Tenebrae Associate Artist tenor and bass positions. Tenebrae will be hosting auditions for tenor and bass positions as part of their Associate Artists scheme which will begin in September 2016. The position of Associate Artist will be a year-long fellowship, providing four singers (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) with training and mentoring… continued

It’s been odd this Easter to not be involved in any Church services for the first time in 6 years. I must say I’ve missed it, especially the amazing atmosphere that used to be a regular feature of services at St Bartholomew the Great. There are, however, some major benefits and the best of all… continued

We are thrilled to announce that we have won the BBC Music Magazine Choral Award 2016 for our recording of Brahms and Bruckner motets in aid of Macmillan Cancer Research! We are delighted to have won this coveted prize for the second time, having previously received the award for our recording of Victoria Requiem Mass,… continued

In advance of our upcoming concert On Eagles Wings, we caught up with Richard Frostick, director of our choral development partners, The Music Centres, who will be performing with us on Thursday evening. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was a very keen boy treble and sang all the time in church… continued

So, a normally quiet time of the year has ended up being as busy as any other: no rest for the wicked! We had a fabulous team of singers performing in our concert at Cadogan Hall for our ‘Tour de force’ French programme which includes Poulenc’s Figure Humaine. In fact, there’s plenty of other really… continued

A great start to 2016 appearing at the fab London A Cappella Festival at Kings Place curated by The Swingle Singers. They’re clearly doing great things there in developing a huge and varied interest in singing of all manner of vocal ensembles. We were honoured to be opening the festival and it was a hugely… continued

Classically trained boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin recorded his first solo album with Signum Records in early January, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and under the baton of Tenebrae Artistic Director, Nigel Short. Captured in St. Augustine’s Church in Kilburn, the disc will feature a selection of baroque and classical arias and… continued

Further to receiving rave reviews, our recording of Brahms and Bruckner Motets has been nominated in the choral category of the BBC Music Magazine Awards! Vote Here We are delighted to be acknowledged in this way alongside other excellent nominees. It is particularly poignant as the sales from this album will benefit Macmillan Cancer Support to aid… continued

On advent Sunday we returned to Cadogan Hall together with the English Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Handel’s Messiah. We were thrilled to be joined by soloists Grace Davidson (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), David Soar (bass) and as a last minute replacement for our Patron Sarah Connolly, who was sadly taken ill, Anna Stéphany… continued

Tenebrae ends 2015 with great success as their latest recording, Bruckner and Brahms Motets is BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month. It celebrates some of the greatest choral motets by Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner, whose music boasts a rich brocade of the old, the new, the complex and the intense. Nigel Short entwines… continued

At St Martin-in-the Fields in November we did the first of our major The Tenebrae Effect workshop. Henry Southern our manager was delighted to tell me it had sold out within a week of being advertised and that we had to increase the capacity for the event in order to fit in everyone who wanted to… continued