In 2016 Tenebrae received its second BBC Music Magazine Award for a recording of Brahms and Bruckner Motets, the profits from the sale of which benefit Macmillan Cancer Support. Tenebre is the soundtrack to Dario Argento's film of the same title, first released as an album in 1982, and reissued most recently in 2006 with multiple bonus tracks.

Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir formed and founded by King's Singers alum Nigel Short. In 2012 Tenebrae were the first-ever ensemble to be multi-nominated in the same category for the BBC Music Magazine Awards, securing the accolade of ‘Best Choral Performance’ for the choir’s recording of Victoria’s Requiem Mass, 1605. Promoters: please contact Tenebrae’s Management for official biographies. A concert by the British choir Tenebrae is more than a performance. There is a hunger for what this finely polished group has to offer. ‘Passion and Precision’ are Tenebrae’s core values. Choral music doesn’t get more magnificent than this. Tenebrae is a dedicated advocate for contemporary composers having worked with Judith Bingham, Ola Gjeilo, Alexander L’Estrange, Alexander Levine, Paul Mealor, Hilary Tann, Sir John Tavener, Joby Talbot and Will Todd, in addition to a recent release of music by Paweł Łukaszewski. Donate Please consider donating to Tenebrae to help sustain the choir’s essential music education work and “unbeatable” (The Times) artistic output. In 2014 the choir’s recording of Russian Orthodox music, Russian Treasures, reached number 1 in the UK Specialist Classical Chart. It has established itself as a leading international choir through its performances, active touring schedule, and growing recording catalog.Tenebrae was conceived by Short while he was a member of the King's Singers; he was looking for a group with more flexibility for performing.

In April 2018, a double vinyl edition of the soundtrack was released by Waxwork Records in a limited edition[2]. In 2018, Music of the Spheres, Tenebrae’s album of part songs from the British Isles, received a Grammy nomination and the choir presents a new release to champion the music of Ivor Gurney and his contemporaries featuring Dame Sarah Connolly, Aurora Orchestra and Simon Callow.


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7549484. 1142138. One of these was a performance of Mozart and Haydn with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe on Warner Classics. Signum’s current roster includes many excellent ensembles but the choral jewel in the crown is surely Tenebrae – Nigel Short’s outstanding chamber choir. Tenebrae is regularly engaged with the world’s finest orchestras – appearing regularly with the Academy of Ancient Music and Aurora Orchestra – and has performed at major festivals and venues including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, Leipzig Gewandhaus (Germany) and Melbourne Festival (Australia). Tenebrae is a working name of The Tenebrae Choir, Registered in England and Wales, Company No. Registered Office: c/o Lakin Rose Limited, Pioneer House Vision Park Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NL. Tenebrae was originally a celebration of matins and lauds of the last three days of Holy Week in the evening of the previous day to the accompaniment of special ceremonies that included the display of lighted candles on a special triangular ca
Messiah: Part I, No 4. Tenebrae is a working name of The Tenebrae Choir, Registered in England and Wales, Company No. The 2018-19 season sees the return of Tenebrae’s popular Holy Week Festival at St John’s Smith Square, London, as well as concerts throughout the UK and abroad. To complement this, Tenebrae commissioned a unique new choral work by Owain Park, Footsteps, which allows choirs of all abilities to perform alongside Tenebrae in concert. II".