Surrey Hills International Music Festival 2026 – Tenebrae
9 May 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Award-winning vocal ensemble Tenebrae presents a wide-ranging programme spanning five centuries of sacred choral music.
A Celestial Gift
Orlande de Lassus Musica Dei donum
Plainchant Pange lingua
Philip Moore Morning Prayer
Caroline Shaw and the swallow
Owain Park Beati quorum via
Joanna Marsh Evening Prayer
Orlando Gibbons arr. Christian Forshaw Drop, drop slow tears
Gregorio Allegri Miserere, mei Deus
INTERVAL
John Tavener Funeral Ikos
Joanna Marsh In Winter’s House
Owain Park Caelos ascendit hodie
Sergei Rachmaninov Heruvimskaya pesn
Pavel Chesnokov Svyete tihi
James MacMillan Miserere
Gustav Holst Nunc dimittis
Concert sponsor -RBC Brewin Dolphin
Award-winning vocal ensemble Tenebrae presents a wide-ranging programme spanning five centuries of sacred choral music. A Celestial Gift features celebrated choral works such as Holst’s majestic Nunc dimittis and Allegri’s iconic setting of the Miserere. Alongside these familiar favourites, this programme showcases a wealth of music by some of today’s most exciting and popular composers, with special highlights including In Winter’s House by Joanna Marsh and James MacMillan’s Miserere.