Luminescence Chamber Singers has announced its 2025 season. For its 10th anniversary year, the ensemble offers two new concert programs, three new premieres, one tour and a Christmas classic.

Luminescence Chamber Singers. Photo © Hilary Wardhaugh

From 22 March – 5 April, Gesualdo Tenebrae celebrates the music of Carlo Gesualdo, whose music bridges between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The singers will perform his Tenebrae Responsories, a nine-part set that uses striking harmonic dissonance that didn’t become commonplace until much later in the musical canon.

On 15 June, Luminescence celebrates its 10th anniversary with a Birthday Gala at Albert Hall on 15 June. The Luminescence Children’s Choir and Chamber Singers will perform a program that includes a world premiere of a specially-commissioned work by Elena Kats-Chernin.

Next, Garden of Earthly Delights (21 September – 12 October) takes inspiration from Hieronymous Boch’s surreal, intricate triptych De turn de lusteni. With two brand new works from Nichole Murphy and Archie Tulk pair with music from Josquin, Banchiere and Gallus, the Signers weave together a program aimed to be “as pleasurable and...