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Nigel’s blog: August 2019

1 August 2019

A lively time for us this last June and July before we hit a full August leading into our busiest autumn since the choir started nearly 20 years ago. We had another wonderful trip to Suffolk for the Aldeburgh Festival at the start of June. We’ve been to this part of the world quite a… continued

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Tis the season to be… busy

21 December 2018

Tenebrae’s busiest ever month and one which sees the choir perform at no fewer than 22 engagements, including concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and of course the UK. It has been a December to remember, mostly for wonderful musical reasons but also one sad one, namely we said goodbye to our dear friend Henry… continued

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Whirlwind Start to 2015

3 March 2015

It’s been a whirlwind start to 2015! Three fabulous days in the glorious atmosphere of Temple Church to record a very special disc of music by Brahms and Bruckner. Our regular sound engineer Andrew Mellor lost his father to cancer in 2009 and Tenebrae also lost its co-founder Barbara Pollock to the disease in 2010…. continued

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Happy New Year!

12 January 2015

Tenebrae had a busy end to 2014 starting with a performance in Malgarten, Germany in early December followed swiftly by concerts at London’s Cadogan Hall, performing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ with the English Chamber Orchestra, and St John’s Smith Square, presenting Tenebrae’s Christmas programme ‘What Sweeter Music’. This included traditional carol arrangements, original pieces composed for Christmas… continued

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Tenebrae Consort @ The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

7 October 2014

Tenebrae joins forces with the critically acclaimed Chilingirian Quartet for this special one-off concert on 11 January 2015 at 2.30pm, in the intimate, candlelit surrounds of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. This concert mixes music written nearly 200 years apart to create a theatrical sequence around one of the most dramatic moments in the story of Jesus Christ, the events… continued