Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN / JEFFRIES-HARRIS KATIE / MOO. VOCES8 present a dreamlike choral fantasia based on the first movement of Beethoven's famous Moonlight piano sonata. Particularly suitable for mixed ability choirs, this piece has been used by VOCES8 in many of their school workshops. The internationally-renowned British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and shar…

Par SMITH PAUL. 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 Mahmoud Darwish. 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 mus…

Par RUSBY KATE. The VOCES8 singles series includes songs for which the group is particularly well known,in choral arrangements produced specifically for VOCES8. Underneath the Stars, in this beautiful arrangement for SATB choir by Jim Clements, is one of the most requested songs performed by the group. It is featured on the VOCES8 Album Eventide on the Decca Classics Label./ Répertoire / Choeur SA…

Par SMITH PAUL. Written for SATB choir and piano, with optional audience participation, Pas de deux is a work consisting of five movements by Paul Smith, the co-founder of VOCES8 and author of The VOCES8 Method. The movements can be performed individually or as one complete work. Pas de deux is inspired by the dance duet found in ballet, and the music takes the duet element of the dance to create …

Par WILLIAMS RODERICK. Now winter nights by British composer and baritone Roderick Williams uses an evocative poem by Thomas Campion as its text, helping him to pinpoint the excitement of Christmas he felt as a child, and still holds on to. Written for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir, Now winter nights is suitable for choirs wanting a Christmas/Holiday treat but which requires a medium to higher leve…

Par HAGEN JOCELYN. Jocelyn Hagen is one of the best-loved choral composers working in the USA today. Her Mother’s Song uses a touching translation by Willis Barnstone of an anonymous Japanese text in which the health and well-being of a mother’s child is sought. Commissioned by VOCES8 for their LIVE From London festival in 2020 and scored for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir, this three-minute piece c…

Par FAURE GABRIEL. An a cappella setting for SATB of Gabriel Fauré’s famous Pie Jesu, taken from his Requiem. In Barnaby Smith’s arrangement the famous melody is framed at the start and end by atmospheric plainsong. As recorded by VOCES8./ Répertoire / Choeur SATB

Par SMITH PAUL (Arr.). An SATB arrangement of Nunc Dimittis for VOCES8 by Paul Smith. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Par BURTON KEN. British composer Ken Burton uses the writing of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), the black American son of emancipated slaves, in his 3-minute work A Prayer. The text of the three verses is bitter-sweet, filled with hope and sadness, and the music combines with this to make a rhythmically simple reflective evening hymn. Burton draws on Spiritual, Gospel and Blues to write a piece …

Par URBANI PIETRO. An SATB arrangement with no divisi of the famous Scottish folksong, My love is like a red, red rose, with text by Robert Burns, arranged for VOCES8 by Jim Clements. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes