The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation presents the New York debut of London's TENEBRAE Choir
Nigel Short, director
Wednesday, October 21, 7:30pm
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
145 West 46th Street
MANHATTAN
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“The chorus’s ghostly final Amen seemed to go beyond music and into a divine, mystical moment in time that is beyond rational explanation.”
The Guardian, London
“It was an evening well remembered... their exquisite choral sound, their creative use of our space, the unbelievable ambience...”
St. Louis Cathedral Concerts
“An evening beyond perfection.”
El Correo de Zamora, Spain
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Tickets:
$45 Preferred / $25 General
$20 Student/Senior
Patron tickets: $150 / $110
Patron tickets include an intimate post‐concert reception at the Harvard Club, with a private musical performance by Tenebrae’s small ensemble “The Pits”, and other Patron benefits.
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Please arrive between 7:00 and 7:30; we accept cash, checks, and all major credit cards.
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Tenebrae’s program includes:
Medieval Chants and Processionals
Poulenc Mass in G
Durufle Four Motets
Music by Sir John Tavener, Eric Whitacre and Joby Talbot
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Tenebrae is a London‐based professional chamber choir, founded and directed by Nigel Short. Its concerts, often performed to candlelight, create an atmosphere of spiritual and musical reflection, where medieval chant and renaissance works are interspersed with more contemporary music.
The choir utilizes the acoustic and character of the performance space to enable the audience to experience the full power and intimacy of the human voice. Tenebrae’s carefully selected singers are drawn from such hallowed musical backgrounds as King’s College Cambridge, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St Paul’s Cathedral, The Royal Opera House Covent Garden and English National Opera, to create a unique vocal mix with an extraordinary range of vocal power and color.
The choir was born out of Nigel Short’s desire to bring together what he loved best in his own singing career—the passionate sounds of large Cathedral choirs and the precision of ensembles like The King’s Singers—to create a new kind of choral group.
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| American Friends of the Swiss Global
Artistic Foundation, Inc.
1072 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
A 501(c)(3) Charity
Swiss Global Artistic Foundation
UK Charity No.1085728
Fondation d’intérêt public, Switzerland
www.swissglobal.org
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