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What Sweeter Music
Various composers

Tenebrae

What Sweeter Music

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212018224
Catnr: SIGCD 182
Release date: 01 November 2009
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212018224
Catalogue number
SIGCD 182
Release date
01 November 2009
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Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir, founded and directed by Nigel Short in 2001. Often performing by candlelight, the choir creates an atmosphere of spiritual and musical reflection, where medieval chant and renaissance works are interspersed with contemporary compositions. The carefully selected team of singers use the acoustic and atmostphere of the building to enable the audience to experience the power and intimacy of the human voice.

Tenebrae has an exceptionally wide repertoire from early, through renaissance, baroque and classical music, to romantic and twentieth century works, plus a range of specially commissioned pieces, the most recent of which is Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles. What Sweeter Music is a real festive treat, with a sumptuous collection of songs and carols for Christmas - touching on traditional favourites (Silent Night, Away in a Manger), modern classics (The Lamb, What Sweeter Music) and some new light-hearted arrangements (Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas).

Een feestelijke collectie kerstliederen uitgevoerd door een professioneel kamerkoor
What Sweeter Music is een echte feestelijke traktatie, met een luxueuze collectie kerstliederen – traditionele favorieten als Silent Night en Away in a Manger, moderne klassiekers als The Lamb en What Sweeter Music, en enkele lichte close harmony bewerkingen van kerstfavorieten als Jingle Bells en We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Tenebrae is een professioneel kamerkoor, geleid en in 2001 opgericht door Nigel Short. Het repertoire van het koor is uitzonderlijk breed, reikend van oude muziek tot aan werken uit de romantiek en 20e eeuw, plus een aantal werken die speciaal voor hen zijn gecomponeerd. Tenebrae treedt op bij kaarslicht en creëert een sfeer van spirituele en muzikale overpeinzing, waarin middeleeuwse gezangen en renaissancewerken worden afgewisseld met hedendaagse composities. Het zorgvuldig geselecteerde team van zangers maakt gebruik van de akoestiek en sfeer van het gebouw om het publiek de kracht en intimiteit van de menselijke stem te laten ervaren.

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Tenebrae

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 performs at major festivals and venues across the globe, including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Musik Festival and Sydney Festival. The choir has earned international acclaim for its interpretations of choral works from the Renaissance through to contemporary masterpieces, and it regularly commissions new music. It has enjoyed collaborations with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia.    Tenebrae has won two BBC Music Magazine Awards and an Edison Classical Music Award,...
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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 performs at major festivals and venues across the globe, including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Musik Festival and Sydney Festival. The choir has earned international acclaim for its interpretations of choral works from the Renaissance through to contemporary masterpieces, and it regularly commissions new music. It has enjoyed collaborations with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia. Tenebrae has won two BBC Music Magazine Awards and an Edison Classical Music Award, an Opus Klassik Award, and earned a Grammy nomination for its album ‘Music of the Spheres’. The ensemble also undertakes regular session work, most recently contributing the vocals for the soundtrack to blockbuster sci-fi movie Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Alongside its performance and recording schedule, Tenebrae runs a thriving Learning & Connection programme, through which it works with hundreds of children, young people and amateur singers each year.


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