Tenebrae presents Easter virtual choir performance on BBC Four

BBC Four will feature British choir Tenebrae in the first ever TV concert broadcast recorded separately and brought together through virtual reality technology

Freya Parr

Published: April 9, 2020 at 8:44 am

Sacred Songs: The Secrets of our Hearts, a half-hour performance filmed and recorded remotely by Tenebrae, will be broadcast at 7pm on BBC Four on Easter Sunday.

All 19 of the choir’s singers filmed themselves singing from their various homes across the country, conducted by the ensemble's director Nigel Short via video link. The concert will feature various seasonal works, with Allegri’s Miserere at the centre of the programme.

The full programme is as follows:

JS Bach: Wenn ich einmal so scheiden Lobo: Versa est in luctum Allegri: Miserere Purcell/Croft: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Parry: My soul, there is a country JS Bach: Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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