Bach & MacMillan: Motets & Sacred Songs
Tenebrae bring their trademark passion and precision to this live performance of music by J. S. Bach and Sir James MacMillan, recorded at Snape Maltings in May 2023. Renowned for their technical difficulty, Bach’s motets are pillars of the choral repertoire, requiring minute attention to detail as well as a full emotional range. Here, Tenebrae performs the three most well-known of the set, culminating in the joyful Singet dem Herrn. Like Bach, Sir James MacMillan has written much of his music for the church, and his settings of the Tenebrae responsories paint a vivid picture of the events of Holy Week. This album also features the premiere recording of I saw Eternity the other night, which MacMillan composed for Tenebrae in 2021 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the London Bach Society.
A compelling demonstration of cohesiveness and harmonic depth… Magical performances…” – The Times
- Release Date: 06 October 2023
- Record Label: Signum Classics
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD773
- Location of Recording: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, UK
- Total Running Time: 1:19:32
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
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| 1 | Komm, Jesu, komm | J.S. Bach | 08:23 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | Tenebrae Responsories I - Tenebrae factae sunt | James MacMillan | 05:48 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | Jesu, meine Freude | J.S. Bach | 20:13 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Miserere | James MacMillan | 12:10 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | Tenebrae Responsories II - Tradiderunt me | James MacMillan | 05:42 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | Tenebrae Responsories III - Jesum tradidit impius | James MacMillan | 08:23 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | I saw Eternity the other night | James MacMillan | 06:23 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Singet dem Herrn | J.S. Bach | 12:25 | £ | Listen |