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A Prayer For Deliverance
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Choral
This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these...
A Prayer For Deliverance
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Choral
This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these...
About
This varied programme centres on themes of rest, with a standout piece: Joel Thompson’s virtuosic A Prayer for Deliverance, written in 15 parts, showcasing Tenebrae’s passion and precision. The second half features Herbert Howells' Requiem, one of the most moving works in the English choral tradition, composed after the tragic death of Howells' son and published just before his own death in 1983.
Tenebrae is a London-based professional vocal ensemble. Founded in 2001 by director Nigel Short, it has developed a reputation for exceptional performances of choral music.
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Spotlight on this release
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Nigel Short on A Prayer for Deliverance
13th Aug 2025
Tenebrae's conductor talks about the choir's most recent album, pairing an astonishing, virtuosic and powerful new work from rising US composer Joel Thompson with Howells's well-loved Requiem.
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineAugust 2025August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
August 2025
This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these works, showing restraint where it is due, but unleashing full-blooded passion at the climaxes without a trace of vulgarity.
