Humanity and Liberty: Tenebrae at 20 at Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury on Tuesday 12th July 2022

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Humanity and Liberty: Tenebrae at 20

Part of the Cheltenham Music Festival 2022

Add to my Calendar 12-07-2022 19:30 12-07-2022 21:30 36 Humanity and Liberty: Tenebrae at 20 Tenebrae celebrates its 20th anniversary with this electrifying sequence of music and spoken voice. Composed in response to the occupation of France during World War II, Poulenc’s astonishing Figure Humaine forms the heart of this new programme. Notoriously virtuosic, this choral tour-de-force perfectly encapsulates Tenebrae’s core values of passion and precision. Alongside it, the choir performs new commissions from Josephine Stephenson and Roderick Williams, and spoken interludes provide a narrative framework for this celebration of love and freedom in times of adversity. Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Tewkesbury Abbey
Church Street
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 5RZ
England

Tuesday 12th July 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Roderick Williams – Lucis Creator Optime
Philip Moore – Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Josephine Stephenson – Into the Wreck
Rudolph Mauersberger – Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, RMWV 4/1
Roderick Williams – Lucis Creator Optime Postlude
Francis Poulenc – Figure Humaine, FP 120

Performers

Nigel Short – Artistic Director
Juliet Stevenson – Speaker

Tenebrae

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Programme Note

Tenebrae celebrates its 20th anniversary with this electrifying sequence of music and spoken voice. Composed in response to the occupation of France during World War II, Poulenc’s astonishing Figure Humaine forms the heart of this new programme. Notoriously virtuosic, this choral tour-de-force perfectly encapsulates Tenebrae’s core values of passion and precision. Alongside it, the choir performs new commissions from Josephine Stephenson and Roderick Williams, and spoken interludes provide a narrative framework for this celebration of love and freedom in times of adversity.

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