20 Voces8

• Jake Runestad (b. 1986):
• 1 Runestad: Let My Love Be Heard 05:00
• Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522):
• 2 Mouton: Nesciens mater 05:09
• Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978):
• 3 Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas 03:50
• Josquin des Prez (1450 - 1521):
• 4 des Prez: Ave Maria, Virgo Serena 05:54
• Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625):
• 5 Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands 04:44
• Lucy Walker (b. 1998):
• 6 Walker: Give Me Your Stars 04:45
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934):
• 7 Elgar: Nimrod (Lux Aeterna) 03:50
• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981):
• 8 Barber: Agnus Dei (Choral Version of Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a) 07:52
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 9 Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150 03:14
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924):
• 10 Stanford: The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3 03:40
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943):
• 11 Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil "Vespers", Op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo 03:35
• Eric Whitacre (b. 1970):
• 12 Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl 04:52
• Winston Marshall (b. 1987), Benjamin Lovett (b. 1986), Edward Dwane (b. 1984), Marcus Mumford (b. 1987):
• 13 Marshall, Lovett, Dwane, Mumford: Timshel (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 03:45
• Kate Rusby (b. 1973):
• 14 Rusby: Underneath The Stars (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 03:35
• Traditional:
• 15 Traditional: Danny Boy (Arr. Pacey for Vocal Ensemble) 04:19
• Don McLean (b. 1945):
• 16 McLean: Vincent (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 05:22
• Dougie MacLean (b. 1954):
• 17 MacLean: Caledonia (Arr. Morgan for Vocal Ensemble) 05:37
• Giovanni Croce (1557 - 1609):
• 18 Croce: Buccinate in neomenia tuba 02:41
• Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901):
• 19 Rheinberger: Mass in E-Flat Major, Op. 109 "Cantus Missae": I. Kyrie 04:20
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652):
• 20 Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus 12:51
• Ola Gjeilo:
• 21 Gjeilo: Northern Lights 04:57
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896):
• 22 Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23 03:10
• William Byrd (1540 - 1623):
• 23 Byrd: Ave verum corpus, T. 92 04:19
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934):
• 24 Holst: Nunc dimittis, H. 127 03:19
• William Byrd:
• 25 Byrd: O salutaris hostia a 6, T. 184 03:21
• John Sheppard (1515 - 1558):
• 26 Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos I & II 05:04
• Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943):
• 27 Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium 05:51
• Josef Rheinberger:
• 28 Rheinberger: 3 Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69: No. 3, Abendlied 03:09
• John Barry (1933 - 2011), Michael Leeson (1951 - 2016, Bill Conti (b. 1942):
• 29 Barry, Leeson, Conti: For Your Eyes Only & You Only Live Twice (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 03:56
• Eric Maschwitz (1901 - 1969, Manning Sherwin (1902 - 1974)
• 30 Eric Maschwitz, Sherwin: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 03:29
• Bart Howard (1915 - 2004), Jimmy van Heusen (1913 - 1990), Sammy Cahn (1913 - 1993):
• 31 Howard, van Heusen, Cahn: Come Fly with Me (to the Moon) [Arr. L'Estrange for Vocal Ensemble] 03:27
• Irving Mills (1894 - 1985):, Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965):
• 32 Mills, Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 02:48
• Total Runtime 02:25:45

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Vocal music of the absolute top class - and that for an incredible 20 years!

The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras and conductors. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person. VOCES8 is the flagship ensemble of the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’, reaching up to 40,000 people annually.

VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues from Wigmore Hall to Sydney Opera House. This season they perform over 100 concerts globally. Online the VOCES8 Digital Academy and the LIVE From London digital festival continue. They publish music and educational material with VOCES8 Publishing, E.C. Schirmer and Edition Peters, including The VOCES8 Method written by Paul Smith. Ken Burton is Composer-in-Residence with Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. Their new album is “Nightfall” a collection of reflective and transcendent music inspired by the night, joining previous releases “A Choral Christmas”, Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” (a Grammy-Award nominee), “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring “The Sacred Veil” and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.

VOCES8

VOCES8
is one of the most exciting and versatile vocal groups in the world. The multi award-winning ensemble fulfils an international annual touring schedule across Europe, the USA, Asia and Africa. Performance venues include the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Tel Aviv Opera House, National Concert Hall Taipei, Cite de la Musique in Paris, Dijon Opera House, National Centre for the Performing Arts Beijing and Shanghai Concert Hall. Highlights of the 2013/2014 season include an extensive European concert schedule in addition to tours to the USA, Indonesia, Korea, Dubai, Moscow, and for “La Folle Journee” in Nantes and Tokyo.

With a specialism in classical choral music, the group performs repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique Jazz and Pop arrangements. The ensemble regularly commissions and collaborates with world-renowned contemporary composers including Ola Gjeilo, Roxanna Panufnik, Thomas Hewitt Jones, Alexander Levine and Ben Parry. VOCES8 is delighted to be in partnership with the acclaimed arranger, Jim Clements as Arranger in Residence.

With an ongoing programme of recordings and live broadcast, VOCES8 is heard regularly on international television and radio, including Deutschlandradio Kultur, ARTE TV, Radio France Musique, BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. VOCES8 has recorded a series of award-winning discs for Signum Classics, including ‘Choral Tapestry’, ‘Bach Motets’, ‘Aces High’ and ‘Christmas’. The group has major recording plans for future disc releases to be announced in the coming season. VOCES8 is also an Ambassador for Edition Peters with whom it publishes arrangements and educational material, including the ‘VOCES8 Songbook’ and the ‘VOCES8 Method’.

Outreach and Education are at the core of VOCES8’s work and the group is delighted to be the flagship performance and education ensemble of the charitable music foundation, Voces Cantabiles Music (VCM). The ensemble leads an innovative series of music education workshops reaching 20,000 people annually around the world with the aim of inspiring creativity and excellence through music. The innovative education work of VCM has received praise from UNESCO. In 2013 VCM established the Gresham Centre in partnership with the Diocese of London, a vocal Centre for Excellence at Sir Christopher Wren’s beautiful St Anne & St Agnes Church, in the City of London. VOCES8 is also resident ensemble at Bedford School, Ardingly College, The Grey Coat Hospital and Milton Abbey.

Artistic collaborations with orchestras have included the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra and period ensemble Les Inventions. VOCES8 has received support from Arts Council England, the Musicians Benevolent Fund and the Worshipful Company of Musicians. The group is also grateful for the support of official sponsor, T.M.Lewin.

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