We are very proud to share that our newest release, A Walk with Ivor Gurney, celebrating the music of Ivor Gurney and his contemporaries, has now been released. The disc also features the premiere recording of Judith Bingham’s A Walk with Ivor Gurney, a piece we commissioned and premiered in 2013. We successfully raised the funding… continued
Crumbs, it’s been ages since I wrote one of these so here goes, I just hope my memory serves me well for some of the performances that were a few months ago… We had a steaming return to SJSS on July 6th to join David Wordsworth as part of the Americana ’18 Festival. For a… continued
I first discovered the music of Ivor Gurney when I was in my first year at music college and heard Sleep performed in a lunchtime recital. I immediately fell in love with the piece. I remember thinking that it was utterly perfect, and heading straight to the library to discover more of his songs, various… continued
My very first appearance with Tenebrae was back in 2006 for some of the sessions for the Allegri Miserere recording. I’d been at Westminster Cathedral for just under a term and had had my Tenebrae ‘audition’ when Nigel had stepped in for my colleague for some men-only services! During that year I started to get… continued
We are proud to announce that we will be returning to London’s top venues the latter half of this year, including St John’s Smith Square, Kings Place and Wigmore Hall, with a range of choral repertoire from Bernstein, Copland and Elgar to Schoenberg, Howells, and Whitacre. The schedule is as follows: 7:30pm, Friday 6th July… continued
We are excited to announce that, in order to mark the composer’s 50th birthday and the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence, we have released an album of choral works by Polish composer Paweł Łukaszewski. Łukaszewski is regarded as the best-known Polish composer of his generation. There is a sacred theme to much of his work… continued
The post-Easter season has been somewhat quieter for Tenebrae, following our USA tour and Holy Week residency at St John’s, Smith Square. The Associate Artists have, however, been kept busy with various educational workshops and concerts. We travelled down to Millfield School in Somerset to repeat our World War I programme featuring music by Gurney… continued
We are delighted to announce that our version of the iconic ‘Miserere‘ by Gregorio Allegri has been voted as the definitive recording by France Musique. They praised the “perfect balance” between the”full trebles” and “superb basses,” labeling the performance as “staggering,” and able to “conjure emotion and eloquence in a stunning and natural way.”
We’re thrilled to announce that over 6 weeks of fundraising, we have raised over double our initial target of £5,000 to reach a total of £10,060 raised towards our Ivor Gurney project. This money will be spent finishing the recording of the album with Aurora Orchestra, Dame Sarah Connolly and Simon Callow. The album is… continued
We’re really pleased with how well the 2018 Holy Week Festival went. We had concerts from Ex Cathedra, Temple Church Choir, our own concert of Pärt’s Passio with Aurora Orchestra, a Come and Sing Messiah, Polyphony with the Britten Sinfonia and our first international artist to join us for this festival, Skylark Ensemble. The week finished… continued
Donate Here We need your help to support Tenebrae’s next recording project – A Walk with Ivor Gurney – for release on Signum Classics. This exciting project also features the Aurora Orchestra, Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) and Simon Callow (narrator). About the Recording A Walk with Ivor Gurney is a piece by Judith Bingham… continued
Tenebrae’s latest recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra is now available for purchase. This recording includes iconic works by American and American émigré composers: Bernstein, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Zemlinsky, highlighting the richness and variety of American twentieth-century music. The Financial Times wrote: “The is how the Symphony of Psalms always ought to sound – as flawless as… continued