Tenebrae

The Limerick Sings International Choral Festival is delighted to announce Tenebrae as the 2022 guest choral group.
Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision.
Under the direction of Nigel Short, 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. Tenebrae is renowned for its highly-acclaimed interpretations of choral music ranging from the Renaissance through to contemporary choral masterpieces, and has appeared at major festivals and venues including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, Leipzig Gewandhaus (Germany) and Melbourne Festival (Australia).

Programme Details:

Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum

Selections from the Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria and James MacMillan:

Victoria – Amicus meus)

MacMillan – Tenebrae factae sunt

Victoria – O vos omnes

MacMillan – Tradiderunt me

Victoria – Sepulto Domino

James MacMillan – Jesum tradidit impius

J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu komm

Victoria – Reproaches

Bach – Singet dem Herrn

Presented by Limerick Sings International Choral Festival