Tenebrae

Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël FP 152Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine with cello obbligato Debussy Trois chansons de Charles d’Orleans Fauré Andante for cello and organJonathan Harvey LaudsAnon Angelus ad VirginemWarlock Benedicamus DominoI saw a fair maiden Skempton Six Figures for solo cello Britten Hymn to the VirginLloyd Love Came Down at Christmas Bax I Sing of a MaidenTodd My Lord has come Saint-Saëns Prière Op. 158 (cello and organ)Vaughan Williams Fantasia on carols with organ and celloTenebraeOliver Coates celloNigel Short conductorMulti-award-winning Tenebrae, renowned for the passion and precision of their performances, join cellist Oliver Coates for a seasonal sequence of French and English music.Choral works by Poulenc and Fauré are contrasted with Saint-Saëns’ Prière and Skempton’s exquisite Six Figures for solo cello. Jonathan Harvey’s fascinating Lauds for choir and cello was inspired by the first Benedictine office before daybreak, when monks are summoned to the rising of the sun.The evening ends with Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols with cello.http://tenebrae-choir.com | http://olivercoates.com