We are having a wonderful time on tour with the Basel Chamber Orchestra. We are performing Bach’s B Minor Mass at some incredible venues, and had our first performance at Martinskirche Basel last night! Today, we travel to Eltville am Rhein as part of Rheingau Festival, then on to Trier (for a sneaky Path of… continued

We have been incredibly lucky to have had Lydia Brookes as our Chief Executive whilst Alex has been on Maternity Leave. As Lydia moves on to pastures new, we remain very grateful for everything she has given to Tenebrae over the last 10 months. A huge welcome back to Alex Thomson (Davies)! Alex is delighted… continued

A Prayer for Deliverance has been out for a month! This album, featuring Joel Thompson’s A Prayer for Deliverance, music by living composers including Joanna Marsh and Cecilia McDowall, lesser-heard choral repertoire, and familiar favourites such as Arthur Sullivan’s The Long Day Closes, is available to buy or stream. Since the album launch, we have… continued

July and August are full of exciting concerts and tours! Next week we have a fun Come & Sing in Burnham Thorpe, where we’ll be joined by lots of enthusiastic singers for Haydn’s Nelson Mass. Then, we have several tours planned in August which we’d love to see you at. With Basel Chamber Orchestra, we’ll… continued

On Monday 7th July, Tenebrae sang at the beautiful Canterbury Cathedral for St Thomas’ Day Mass. It was a sunny day spent at the stunning Cathedral. The entire service is available to livestream here to watch and listen to.

Last Saturday, Nigel and 6 Tenebrae singers ran a Tenebrae Academy taster session. We were joined by a talented group of young people who received input through sectional rehearsals, a full rehearsal, and a mini-performance with Nigel. As well as this, they heard a performance from some Tenebrae singers and had an open Q&A to… continued

We’re thrilled that A Prayer for Deliverance has been named BBC Radio3’s’ Album of the Week! Georgia Mann described us as “one of the best vocal ensembles in the business” and played Cecilia McDowall’s Standing As I Do Before God. To listen to the programme ‘Essential Classics’ on BBC Sounds, click here, and head to… continued

Who managed to join us in Regensburg last month? If you didn’t, you can catch our concert, which was part of the incredible Tage Alter Musik festival, on Bayerischer Rundfunk Klassik this evening at 7pm. Listen here for a polyphony-filled programme of Palestrina, Anerio and Lassus.

This Friday, Tenebrae joins the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Oliver Zeffman, and soloists Jamie Barton and Cameron Shahbazi in an exciting finale concert for Classical Pride 2025. Classical Pride is a music festival which spotlights LGBTQ+ musicians of the past, present and future, giving a voice and a platform to this community that has been… continued

We are touched to have received some wonderful reviews of our recent release, A Prayer for Deliverance. If you would like to listen to the album’s mention on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review, click here, and skip through to about 00:21:30. To buy the album, head to our shop here, or to stream, click here…. continued

We are absolutely delighted to share that we have won an Opus Klassik Award for our performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music. We were awarded the ‘Orchestra/Ensemble Live Performance of the Year’ prize for our performance in Wiesbaden on 6th December 2024. In Nigel’s words, performing the Messiah is always a… continued

Undiscovered Voices: A Competition for Emerging Composers For 25 years, Tenebrae has championed the finest choral music, from ancient traditions to bold new works. Now, as we mark our 25th Anniversary milestone, we want to hear from you! We are thrilled to announce Undiscovered Voices: a competition for emerging composers. In preparation for our 25th Anniversary in the 2026-27… continued