Holy Week Festival
Christian Forshaw
saxophone
Tenebrae Consort
Nigel Short
director
Gibbons
Drop, drop slow tears
Hildegard von Bingen arr. Nigel Short
O vos imitatores
Christian Forshaw
Renouncement
Victoria
The Reproaches
Nigel Short
Tenebrae Responsories: Una hora
Nigel Short
Tenebrae factae sunt
Tallis arr. Christian Forshaw
O nata lux
Christian Forshaw
In paradisum
Tallis
Absterge Domine
Tallis
Te lucis ante terminum
Gibbons arr. Nigel Short
Drop, drop slow tears
Virtuoso saxophonist Christian Forshaw is joined by Nigel Short and a consort of Tenebrae singers in an ethereal sequence of penitential settings for Holy Week. Combining elements of ancient and modern to stunning effect, Forshaw and Tenebrae bring new colours and context to music by Gibbons, Tallis, and Hildegard von Bingen in a series of new arrangements and compositions, many of which will be performed for the first time in this reflective concert.
