Lammermuir Festival: Tenebrae's Russian treasures

By Alan Coady, 19 September 2014

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Reviewed at St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington on 17 September 2014

Rachmaninov, All Night Vigil (“Vespers”), Op.37

Rachmaninov, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom for choir, Op.31

Various, Other (Tchaikovsky, Grechaninov, Chesnokov and Golovanov)

Tenebrae

Nigel Short, Director

Tenebrae sing Pärt, Tallis and Tavener at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 23rd October

Tenebrae transforms the Elbphilharmonie into a living instrument, exploring centuries of choral music through spatialised sound, Pärt’s tintinnabuli, Renaissance masterpieces and contemporary innovations in a vivid acoustic experiment.

****1

Time stands still in Vilde Frang’s Elgar

Mark Pullinger, 12th September

In an evening pairing two English classics, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symhony Orchestra in Elgar’s Violin Concerto and an out-of-this-world account of Holst’s The Planets.

*****

A rapt performance from Tenebrae in Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles

David Truslove, 13th May

Thought-provoking and spine-tingling in equal measure, this performance of Joby Talbot’s pilgrimage work showcases Tenebrae as one of the UK’s most significant choral groups.

****1

A luminous start to Rachmaninov's anniversary year from Tenebrae

Benjamin Poore, 26th January

Nigel Short's elite consort casts a candlelit spell at St Martin-in-the-Fields in a performance of Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil.

****1

Light amid darkness: stellar performance from Tenebrae

David Larkin, 22nd January

An exquisite evening of British 20th-century choral music from Tenebrae under Nigel Short at the Sydney Festival, with outstanding renditions of the music of Parry, Bingham and Stanford.

*****

Tenebrae performs Tenebrae at the Sydney Festival

Zoltán Szabó, 21st January

British choir Tenebrae performs Masterworks of the Renaissance in Sydney's City Recital Hall.

****1

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.

Lammermuir Festival: Tenebrae's deeply affecting Russian treasures