Continuo Connect — Concert // Tenebrae: A Celestial Gift

Tenebrae presents a wide-ranging programme spanning five centuries of sacred choral music. ‘A Celestial Gift’ features celebrated choral works such as Holst’s majestic Nunc dimittis and Allegri’s iconic setting of Psalm 51. Alongside these familiar favourites, this programme showcases a wealth of music by some of today’s most exciting composers, with particular highlights including In Winter’s House by Joanna Marsh and Sir James MacMillan’s stunning setting of the Miserere.

Programme:

Orlande de Lassus – Musica Dei donum | Plainchant – Pange lingua | Philip Moore – Morning Prayer | Caroline Shaw – and the swallow | Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hey pú oss himnum á | Joanna Marsh – Evening Prayer | Orlando Gibbons arr. Christian Forshaw – Drop, drop slow tears | Gregorio Allegri – Miserere, mei Deus

Interval

John Tavener – Funeral Ikos | Joanna Marsh – In Winter’s House | Sergei Rachmaninov – Hymn to the Cherubim | Pavel Chesnokov – Svyety tihiy | James MacMillan – Miserere | MacMillan – I saw Eternity the other night | Gustav Holst – Nunc dimittis