Barnaby Smith conducts the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Baroque Orchestra in this timeless Christmas favourite, the 'Hallelujah' chorus from George Frideric Handel's Messiah, performed as part of the ...
Today's musical offering needs no introduction - the 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah, a work which, while not specific to the Christmas season, sees huge numbers of performances throughout ...
These combined forces - along with the VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra - beautifully combine the intimacy and tonal purity associated with the group with the grandeur of iconic recordings such as Glorious ...
A truly ethereal sound from a combined choir of over 300 singers Three minutes of solace is on offer in today's Video of the Day from the National Children's Chorus of the United States. The three ...
The lights dimmed, and the audience applauded as vocal ensemble Voces8 took the stage at Voxman Music Building for their program, “Draw On Sweet Night.” The performance featured the University of Iowa ...
One of the world’s most-streamed classical vocal groups, VOCES8, recently caught the ear of a couple of influential people: singer-songwriter Paul Simon and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest Music ...
A 100-strong male voice chorus gave the resounding premiere of Kevin Puts’s first world war opera. Plus, a thrilling first Messiah of the season Warning bells jangled. Could an opera based on a ...
ONE OF the more recent Voces8 ventures is called Stardust, which was unveiled in London last summer, and forms the basis for the gigs here. There is something so alluringly primeval, so pristine, ...
The programme was titled “Christmas with JS Bach” but could equally have been called “Blackadder Goes Forth” for the determination to get full value out of the presence of legendary natural trumpeter ...
I borrowed the CD of Passio from my local library as a teenager, when the Hilliard Ensemble’s premiere recording first came out. It was my first encounter with Pärt and I wasn’t impressed, but to be ...