Artists
- Tenebrae
- Nigel Shortconductor
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Tenebrae
Image credit: © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Archived Event
- Date
- Tue 31 Oct 2023, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Gustav Holst1874-1934
- The Evening-Watch Op. 43 No. 1
- Cecilia McDowallb. 1951
- Standing as I do before God
- Francis Pottb. 1957
- The Souls of the Righteous
- Caroline Shawb. 1982
- and the swallow
- Richard Rodney Bennett1936-2012
- A Good-Night
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- Rest
- Joel Thompsonb. 1988
- A Prayer for Deliverance
Interval
- John Tavener1944-2013
- Song for Athene
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- Valiant for Truth
- Robert Lucas Pearsall1795-1856
- Lay a garland on her hearse
- Arthur Sullivan1842-1900
- The long day closes
- Herbert Howells1892-1983
- Requiem
- William H Harris1883-1973
- Bring us, O Lord God
Overview
For more than 20 years, and over the course of more than 40 albums, the choir has achieved a worldwide reputation summed up by The Times when it wrote, ‘for purity and precision of tone, and flawless intonation, Nigel Short’s chamber choir Tenebrae is pretty much unbeatable’.