Tenebrae performs Tenebrae at the Sydney Festival

By Zoltán Szabó, 23 January 2020

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 21 January 2020

Lobo, Versa est in luctum

Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus

Victoria, Tenebrae Responsories and Lamentations

Victoria, Requiem

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 weaves a mesmerising spell at Perth Festival of the Arts

David Smythe, 22nd May

Stunningly beautiful commemorative British choral music from Tenebrae under Nigel Short at Perth Festival of the Arts in St John’s Kirk’s wonderful acoustic.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.