Otche nash - Kedrov - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short

This intimate setting of the Lord’s Prayer was written by the Russian composer Nikolay Kedrov for his own vocal quartet. Kedrov himself was a baritone, and sang at the Bolshoy and Mariinsky Theatres before forming his successful quartet in 1897. To hear more music from the Russian Orthodox church, check out our album Russian Treasures: Sopranos: Fiona Fraser, Hannah King, Victoria Meteyard, Josephine Stephenson, Katie Trethewey, Emma Walshe Altos: Hannah Cooke, Martha McLorinan, Eleanor Minney, Elisabeth Paul Tenors: Jeremy Budd, Nicholas Madden, Nicholas Todd, Toby Ward Basses: Joseph Edwards, William Gaunt, Piers Kennedy, Andrew Mahon, Owain Park Director: Nigel Short This archive footage was recorded in St Augustine, Kilburn by kind permission of the Vicar & Churchwardens. Produced by Jonathan Coates.