Tenebrae / Nigel Short
An English Christmas
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Recorded live at De Vereeniging Nijmegen, 18 December 2022
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About this concert
‘Breathtaking’, ‘spine-tingling’, ‘unforgettable’: in recent years reviews have propelled the British ensemble Tenebrae straight to the top of the musical world. In the run-up to Christmas the choir presents a typically English Advent programme, alternating traditional Christmas carols and contemporary repertoire. Classics such as In dulci jubilo and The Twelve Days of Christmas can be heard alongside new works by Joseph Phibbs and Joanna Marsh.
Programme
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Adrian Peacock
Veni, veni Emmanuel
*1962 -
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Advent ‘O’ Carol
*1971 -
Plainchant
O radix Jesse
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Herbert Howells
A Spotless Rose
1892-1983 -
Owain Park
O magnum mysterium
*1993 -
Orlandus Lassus
Resonet in laudibus
c1530/32-1594 -
Robert Whyte
Ad te levavi
c1538-1574 -
Traditional / arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall
In dulci jubilo
1795-1856 -
Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
1905-1987 -
June Collin
The Quiet Heart
20th century -
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Hodie Christus natus est
1562-1621 -
Joseph Phibbs
Sleep, My Pretty One, Sleep
*1974 -
Franz Xaver Gruber / arr. Jonathan Rathbone
Silent Night
1787-1863 / *1957 -
Traditional / arr. Ian Humphris
The Twelve Days of Christmas
1927-2012 -
Traditional / arr. Nigel Short
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Musicians
- Rachel Haworth, Victoria Meteyard, Áine Smith, Rosanna Wicks soprano
- Amy Blythe, Martha McLorinan, Anna Semple alto
- Jeremy Budd, Jack Granby, Jack Harberd tenor
- Joseph Edwards, Tom Herring, Florian Störtz, Jonathan Ward bass
- Nigel Short bass and musical direction
About the performers
Award-winning choir Tenebrae, under the direction of Nigel Short, is renowned for its highly-acclaimed interpretations of choral music with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance through to contemporary choral masterpieces. It has appeared at major festivals and venues including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, Leipzig Gewandhaus (Germany) and Melbourne Festival (Australia). Tenebrae has twice secured the award for Best Choral Performance in the BBC Music Magazine Awards (2012 and 2016), and its recording of Fauré’s Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra was nominated for the Gramophone Awards (2013). In 2018, Music of the Spheres, Tenebrae’s album of part songs from the British Isles, received a Grammy nomination.
Award-winning conductor Nigel Short has built up an enviable reputation for his recording and live performance work with leading orchestras and ensembles across the world. A singer of great acclaim, Short was a member of the renowned vocal ensemble The King’s Singers from 1994 to 2000. Upon leaving the group he formed Tenebrae. Under his direction, Tenebrae has collaborated with internationally acclaimed orchestras and instrumentalists and now enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles. To date, Nigel Short has conducted the Academy of Ancient Music, Aurora Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, English Chamber Orchestra, English Concert, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Ensemble and others.