Tenebrae - Darkness Before the Dawn

The King's Counterpoint chamber ensemble VOX REGIS presents Tenebrae - Darkness before the Dawn: a Candlelight Reflection of Music & Readings, including motets, anthems and chants for Good Friday.

The service of Tenebrae is a Holy Week liturgy that symbolizes the "shadows" of Christ's Passion. The term literally means "darkness," and though it is no longer a commonly-observed service, the music composed for the Tenebrae liturgy has traditionally included some of the most beautiful choral repertoire of the Lenten season.

While ours will be a concert rather than a liturgical observance, our program will be held in a candlelight setting: the traditional Tenebrae service begins with the church lit by candles, extinguished one by one after each reading until only one, the "Christ candle," remains. As the Tenbrae service concludes, this final candle is hidden to represent the darkness and desolation of the burial.

This is a FREE ADMISSION concert, and tickets are not required. We will be collecting a FREEWILL DONATION at the time of the concert.

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