The Grammy Award nominated English a cappella octet returns for another extraordinary Christmas concert.
Touring globally, VOCES8 performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors, and soloists. 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 are the Rolls-Royce of British a cappella ensembles.” (The Arts Desk)
PROGRAM: In The Stillness
Orlando di Lasso: Omnes de Saba
Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (arr. Stefan Claas)
Felix Mendelssohn: Den er hat seinen Engeln
Anonymous: There is no Rose
Traditional: Veni Emmanuel (arr. Philip Lawson)
Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
William Byrd: Vigilate
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells (arr. Peter Wilhousky)
Sally Beamish: In the Stillness
Oliver Tarney: The Waiting Sky
Charles Wood: Ding Dong Merrily on High
William Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (arr. Jim Clements)
June Collin: The Quiet Heart
Jay Livingston & Ray Evans: Silver Bells (arr. Blake Morgan)
J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie: Santa Claus is Coming to Town (arr. Jim Clements)