Concerts

François Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres pour Mercredi

Presented by the Connecticut Early Music Festival

Couperin's settings of the Leçons de Ténèbres pour Mercredi come from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and were written for the abbey of Longchamp, outside Paris, and printed between 1713 and 1717. The first two are for solo voice and continuo, the last for two voices, viola a gamba and continuo.

The Grand Tour

Presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head to the Metropolitan Museum after-hours and gallery-hop in the reinstalled New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800, for an unprecedented encounter with music and art. Experience four mini-concerts in four different galleries by some of the early music's leading Renaissance and Baroque musicians, including TENET, Dark Horse, QuickSilver, and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour. The music illuminates the paintings (and vice versa) in this once-in-a-lifetime experience, revealing the magic and power of these galleries in a wholly unique way.

Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories

Presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music

To honor of anniversary of Carlo Gesualdo's death, TENET will perform nine responsories from his rich and moving collection of Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.  Under the guest musical direction of Eric Dudley, TENET will perform the works in groups of three resposories sung one voice to a part, divided by chamber organ improvisations.

UNO + ONE: CD Release

Come celebrate TENET's latest CD entitled UNO + ONE: Italia Nostra by the sopranos of TENET, Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn.  This special occasion offers you a chance to hear works from the new CD performed live by the artists on the recording including Monteverdi's "Zefiro torna," "Chiome d'oro," "Ardo e scoprir" many more!  We hope you'll join us by raising a glass to the new recording! 

ODES: A Celebration of St. Cecilia

TENET joins forces with Sebastian Chamber Players to perform ODES: A Celebration of St. Cecilia with works by Henry Purcell and a special performance of Benjamin Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth.  ODES to be performed include Raise, raise the voice, Laudate Cecilium, and Welcome to all the pleasures.  This program will take place on St. Cecilia's Day (November 22) with a repeat performance on November 23, 2013 at Connecticut College.

Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo

TENET celebrates the holiday season in a bicoastal collaboration with Bach Collegium San Diego and Dark Horse Consort.  The three acclaimed ensembles join together to create a joyful noise performing works by Michael Praetorius and his contemporaries including “In dulci jubilo,” “Vom himmel hoch,” “Puer natus in Bethlehem,” and many more.  Following the NYC performance, the ensembles head west to present the program on December 21 and 22, 2013 at St. James by the Sea in La Jolla and St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles, CA.