Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach & MacMillan Motets & Sacred Songs

Tenebrae

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212077320

Catalog number: SIGCD 773
Releasedate: 03-11-23

-Premiere recording (as far as I’m aware) of MacMillan’s I saw Eternity the other night, which was composed for Tenebrae in 2021. It was commissioned by the London Bach Festival for their 75th anniversary as a response to Bach’s motets.
- Tenebrae’s first recording of three of Bach’s iconic motets
- Live recording made at Snape Maltings in late May 2023

Tenebrae bring their trademark passion and precision to this live performance of music by J. S. Bach and Sir James MacMillan, recorded live at Snape Maltings in May 2023. Renowned for their technical difficulty, Bach's motets are pillars of the choral repertoire, requiring minute attention to detail as well as a full emotional range. Here, Tenebrae performs the three most well-known of the set, culminating in the joyful Singet dem Herrn. Like Bach, Sir James MacMillan has written much of his music for the church, and his settings of the Tenebrae responsories paint a vivid picture of the events of Holy Week. This album also features the premiere recording of I saw Eternity the other night, which MacMillan composed for Tenebrae in 2021 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the London Bach Society.

Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229