VOCES8 - Give Me Your Stars
VOCES8 - Give Me Your Stars
The world’s top-streaming classical vocal group, GRAMMY-nominated VOCES8, performs choral music from across the centuries in a stunning programme 'Give Me Your Stars'.
Described as ‘the Rolls-Royce of a cappella ensembles’ (The Arts Desk), VOCES8 have been delighting audiences worldwide for over two decades with their ability to sing music of any period or genre with joyful ease. This concert is a thrilling example.
Give Me Your Stars explores the profound and diverse beauty of music inspired by the heavens, human connection, and the places we call home. At its heart is Lucy Walker’s eponymous new work, written for VOCES8, which captures the delicate balance between celestial wonder and the deep, personal connections that make us human.
The programme spans centuries of choral music, from the luminous polyphony of Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Regina Caeli to timeless jazz standards. Along the way, we encounter the reflective sentiments of Eric Whitacre’s All Seems Beautiful to Me and Ola Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas, folk traditions in Danny Boy, The Beattle's classic Free as a Bird, and evocative tales of cities and starlight in April in Paris and New York, New York.
Concessions: Students, Disabled and Registered Unemployed £3 off. Under 18 £5.
Discounts: Eligible for Best and Lifetime Friend Discounts.
All seating is unreserved. Running time: approximately 2 hours including interval.
“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.”
— GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
VOCES8
The 2023 GRAMMY-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group and proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing.
Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras and conductors. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person. VOCES8 is the flagship ensemble of the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’, reaching up to 40,000 people annually.
VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues from Wigmore Hall to Sydney Opera House. This season they perform over 100 concerts globally. Online the VOCES8 Digital Academy and the LIVE From London digital festival continue. They publish music and educational material with VOCES8 Publishing, E.C. Schirmer and Edition Peters, including The VOCES8 Method written by Paul Smith. Taylor Scott Davis is Composer-in-Residence with Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. Their new album is “TWENTY”, joining previous releases “Nightfall”, “A Choral Christmas”, Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” (a Grammy-Award nominee), “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring “The Sacred Veil” and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.