Tenebrae - The Service of Shadows

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Composer
Richard Shephard
Difficulty
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Season
Holy Week
Voicing(s)
SATB Solo(s)
Instruments
Brass Ensemble French Horn Keyboard [organ/piano] Trombone
Category
Cantatas
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

For Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano (opt. treble) and Bass Soloists, SATB Choir, Reader(s), and Congregation

Instrumentation — 3 trombones, 1 horn in F, organ
This service of Tenebrae, or “Shadows”, is based on a twelfth-century evening service and is an extended meditation on the stories of sacrifice in the Old Testament and on the Passion of Christ. This is a Maundy Thursday service incorporating communion as well as portions of the Good Friday texts. Wonderful!

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