VOCES8 at Christmas Voces8

• 1 Silent Night (Arr. Burton for Vocal Ensemble) 04:17
• 2 Gabriel's Message (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 03:10
• 3 My Lord Has Come 03:33
• 4 Lully, Lulla, Lullay 04:36
• 5 Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 03:37
• 6 Veni, Veni Emmanuel (Arr. Lawson for Vocal Ensemble) 03:20
• 7 The Angels' Song 01:48
• 8 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen (Arr. Rutter for Oboe & Vocal Ensemble) 03:34
• 9 O magnum mysterium 05:51
• 10 I Wait for Our Peace 03:18
• 11 The Lamb 04:21
• 12 Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Arr. Willcocks for Vocal Ensemble) 04:11
• 13 Hymne à la Vierge 03:59
• 14 In the Stillness 02:20
• 15 Away in a Manger (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble) 02:57
• 16 A Tender Shoot 02:11
• 17 Ave virgo sanctissima 04:10
• 18 The Lamb 04:29
• 19 The Wexford Carol (Arr. Noon for Vocal Ensemble) 03:23
• 20 In Silent Night 03:23
• 21 Ave Maria 04:01
• 22 Gaudete (Arr. Morgan for Vocal Ensemble) 03:04
• Total Runtime 01:19:33

Info for VOCES8 at Christmas

VOCES8 at Christmas brings together 22 festive favourites recorded at the VOCES8 Centre in London. Spanning eight Christmas seasons, the album celebrates the singers who have shaped the ensemble’s sound from 2018 to 2026, offering a rich and varied programme of traditional carols, Renaissance polyphony and contemporary choral music. Much-loved Christmas music sits alongside works by Morten Lauridsen, John Tavener, Sally Beamish, Will Todd, Lucy Walker and Kerensa Briggs. From Silent Night and Away in a Manger to O Magnum Mysterium and In the Stillness, the programme combines familiar favourites with music for quieter moments of reflection. The album also celebrates VOCES8’s close relationships with composers and arrangers. Taylor Scott Davis’s I Wait for Our Peace and Luke Mayernik’s The Lamb feature alongside bespoke arrangements by Jim Clements and Blake Morgan, reflecting the creative partnerships at the heart of the ensemble’s repertoire. A musical family album of eight Christmas seasons, VOCES8 at Christmas brings together different generations of the ensemble, old friends and new voices. Music returned to year after year sits alongside newer works finding their place in the tradition, creating an inviting seasonal collection for choral enthusiasts and Christmas listeners alike.

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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