Written primarily for the an anthology of Scandinavian music, this piece evolves calmly but with a strong momentum in a large dramatic arc across its three-part structure. With clear part-writing and
Setting a text from the Book of Isaiah, this eight-minute work is a reflective composition featuring alto and baritone solos, with sections of counterpoint that build the intensity and journey of one of
This piece takes William Byrd's famous motet and reimagines it for three unaccompanied choirs. Using plainsong against canon and dense layering that gives it an ancient texture, this challenging selection
One of a series, all premiered and recorded by the vocal ensemble VOCES8, this a cappella work is challenging, with independent parts, and a rich and diverse harmonic vocabulary.
This classic Irving Berlin tune gets the VOCES8 treatment in this effortless swing arrangement. Colorful harmonies with a hint of soul will challenge and delight your ensembles.
Set to one of Ireland's most famous folk tunes, this is Danny Boy ina cappella arrangement written for VOCES8 featuring SATB with divisi into eight parts with bass and tenor solos.
Commissioned by the BBC for the 2000 Proms music festival, this work presents a vision for the future. No matter how technologically developed the world may become, the big questions will always remain the
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This major work is divided into three parts that were inspired by the famous photo of the earth as viewed from space by Apollo 17 as well as futurist James Lovelock's writings on the topic. Viewing the
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Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge forces marshalled for the occasion delighted
This a cappella arrangement of the Simon and Garfunkel song is an outstanding selection from the VOCES8 series. With rhythmic riffs shared among all voice parts, close harmonies and a classic feel, this
A five minute work commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine (UK) for the University of London Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough. Hymn to St. Cecilia is an English setting of the Latin prayer Cecilia
A 20-minute major work in two parts, this selection encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faiths - all feeling, as deeply
A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets. The music and texts link to form a
A standalone work for SATB choir and SATB solo quartet, painting a picture of the different characters of a dream. This movement is both comforting and confusing, and is inspired by the Palestinian poet
A reflection on Thomas Tallis' Te lucis ante terminum. In each verse the Latin is sung in strict two-part canon: first in the tenor and bass, then in the soprano and alto, and finally in the alto
Todd Boss's poem We Tend to Sleep Better When the Clock Is Wound provides the text for this dreamy work that gently unfurls as a clock ticks through the night. Accompanied only by a solo horn in F,
Composed using both Latin and English, Psalm 100 was co-commissioned by Texas Tech University Choir and the Iowa State Singers. Concise and filled with hope, it seeks to fuse the craft and savor of
Sublime and otherworldly, this arrangement of the iconic song by Radiohead holds true to the original. Flowing and mysterious, tranquil yet pensive, this concert piece from VOCES8 is both simple and complex
This choral suite uses texts written by Vikram Seth divided into six individual movements: Lost; Oak; And; Host; Flash and This.
An exquisite and evocative setting of Paul Simon's folk-rock classic, this VOCES8 arrangement remains true to the spirit of the original, embracing Simon and Garfunkel's haunting vocal style.
A challenging yet interesting work featuring changing and mixed meters, a fairly free harmonic texture, and independent vocal lines.
Commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and first performed at a service on July 10, 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Air Force by the Choir of Westminster Abbey with Peter Holder
The VOCES8 singles' series includes songs for which the group is particularly well known, in choral arrangements produced specifically for VOCES8. The composer’s poem is based on the early 15th