Tenebrae

Tenebrae brings its trademark passion and precision to this dramatic programme, contrasting Bach’s iconic motets with the sacred music of Sir James MacMillan.

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, 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.

“A concert by the British choir Tenebrae is more than a performance. It’s an experience that envelops the audience. This is one of the best choirs in the world.”
— St Louis Post-Dispatch

“Unaccompanied choral singing comes no better than this: in blend, accuracy, precision, commitment.”
— The Guardian.