Christmas with Tenebrae: In Winter’s House
Wednesday 03 December 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Tenebrae’s gorgeous Christmas concert features a wide range of festive music old and new, including Britten’s iconic Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp. The concert takes its name from a wonderfully atmospheric piece by Joanna Marsh, commissioned for Tenebrae in 2019.
Programme to include:
O Come, O come Emmanuel (plainchant)
Adrian Peacock Veni, veni Emmanuel
O Radix Jesse (plainchant)
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Advent ‘O’ Carol
Joanna Marsh In Winter’s House
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Naylor Vox dicentis
Holst In the Bleak Midwinter
Warlock Benedicamus Domino
Richard Causton The Cradle Song
Sally Beamish In The Stillness
Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol
Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen
Grüber (arr. Rathbone) Silent Night
Traditional (arr.Humphris) The Twelve Days of Christmas
Tenebrae
Nigel Short director
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| Wed 03 Dec | 7:30 PM | £45/£35/£25/£17.50/£10/£55 | Book |
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