Heavenly Hour: VOCES8 SOLD OUT

Orlando Gibbons Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Stephen Paulus The Road Home 
Jake Runestad Let My Love Be Heard 
Felix Mendelssohn Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir
Edward Elgar Lux Aeterna
Jonathan Dove In Beauty May I Walk 

Charles H. Parry The Songs of Farewell
1. My Soul there is a Country
2. Never Weather Beaten Sail
3. There is an Old Belief

Claudio Monteverdi Book VI: Lagrime D’Amante al Sepolcro Dell’Amata
1. Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba
2. Ditelo, o fiumi, e voi ch'udiste Glauco
3. Darà la notte il sol lume alla terra
4. Ma te raccoglie, o ninfa, in grembo 'l ciel
5. O chiome d'or, neve gentil del seno
6. Dunque, amate reliquie, un mar di pianto

Jean Sibelius Be Still My Soul - Finlandia (arr. VOCES8)
Kate Rusby Underneath the Stars (arr. Jim Clements)
Dougie MacLean Caledonia (arr. Blake Morgan)

Carte Blanche for New Music

What a match! The end of summer afternoon, a stunning location and the near-perfect sound of VOCES8 from the UK. During our Heavenly Hour-series you get just that: an inspiring break from the clamour of the outside world with the most blissful ensemble singing there is.

VOCES8, the internationally renowned and award-winning vocal ensemble treats us to its newest repertoire and some favourite pieces. Some of the programme will feature Dutch premières of newer music. “Music can’t renew itself if we only perform the great works of the past” says Barnaby Smith, counter tenor and the group’s leader. “That’s why we commission and sing new compositions, like ‘The Passing of the Year’, written for us by composer in residence Jonathan Dove.” The rest of this Heavenly Hour will be a surprise, he says. Sit back, listen, enjoy.
 
Other possibilities to admire VOCES8 are:
-       5 July in the Grote or St. Bavo Church, together with Codarts Dance
-       6 July during the amateur singers master class*
* This masterclass is fully booked.