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What Sweeter Music
Songs and Carols for Christmas
Tenebrae
Nigel Short
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“Superbly sung and plenty of fun”
Best Christmas Discs Roundup 2009, The Gramophone |
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“A jazzy Jingle Bells launches this varied and seductively sung programme”
Geoffrey Norris,
Best Christmas Discs 2009, The Telegraph |
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“an exquisite account of Rutter’s There is a flower”
Classical Music Magazine
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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).
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