Tenebrae, or a Service of Shadows, was once part of the Church’s Divine Office during Holy Week. It is a service of psalms and readings, primarily from the Book of Lamentations. As the service ...

Easter is a time of mixed emotions. According to Church of England figures, up to a million people will go to church on Easter Sunday to celebrate the joy and hope of the resurrection of Christ. But ...

This year, Tenebrae came early. At the medieval service, celebrated on the Wednesday of Holy Week and serving as a vigil to the Triduum, Jeremiah's lamentations are sung. The lamentations are cries ...

The Wednesday of Holy Week, at least at my church, features the celebration of Tenebrae, a deeply moving and ancient liturgy that combines the services of Matins and Lauds for the Triduum and ...

Tenebrae, a Good Friday evening service in St. Joseph Cathedral, will provide a look into the history of liturgical music. The Schola choir at St. Joseph will perform the music. The liturgy, which ...

This ancient Holy Week service is a sung reflection on the death of Christ that employs darkness and noise. A Tenebrae service takes place in 2019. (photo: Flickr, 2.0 license / Courtesy of the ...

I clearly recall walking into my local church in Solihull for the first time as a seven-year-old and being transfixed by the architecture of such a huge (as it was to me then) building. Norman arches, ...

Previously underappreciated ancient liturgies are making a comeback. One such liturgy? Tenebrae. In the Diocese of Columbus, home to 280,000 Catholics, some 14 parishes (including St. Joseph Cathedral ...

This might be the most beautiful choral performance we’ve ever witnessed. It comes from the incredible chamber choir Tenebrae, who a couple of years ago gathered at the historic St Bartholomew the ...

One of the most influential choral recordings of our time was of Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories, sung with raw passion half a century ago by the Westminster Cathedral Choir under George Malcolm.

I have mentioned Magnificat Magazine a few times in the past, and everyone who has ever subscribed to it via my recommendation has written to say how essential it has become to their prayer life. I ...

What better respite from the secular pressures of Christmas shopping than these sublime sacred sounds from the late 16th century. White's Lamentations are not as famous as Tallis's, but their plangent ...