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Performance on 3: The Passion of Christ

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A concert given earlier this month in Canterbury Cathedral. Nicholas Cleobury conducts the BBC Singers and Britten Sinfonia in music for Passiontide by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria alongside works from our own century, including James MacMillan's intensely spiritual and radiant setting of Christ's words from the Cross.

BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia, conductor Nicholas Cleobury

Victoria Tenebrae Factae Sunt; Tradiderunt Me; Caligaverunt Oculi Mei (Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday)

Barber Adagio for Strings

Shostakovich, arr Barshai Chamber Symphony for strings, Op 110a

James MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers
Musicians:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury
Source: Radio Times

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