After Silence Voces8

• Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625): Drop, Drop, Slow Tears:
• 1 Gibbons: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears 01:50
• Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): The Deer’s Cry:
• 2 Pärt: The Deer’s Cry 04:25
• Sir William Harris (1883 - 1973): Bring Us, O Lord God:
• 3 Harris: Bring Us, O Lord God 04:06
• William Byrd (1540 - 1623): Ne Irascaris, Domine:
• 4 Byrd: Ne Irascaris, Domine 05:02
• Civitas Sancti Tui:
• 5 Byrd: Civitas Sancti Tui 05:46
• Sir Charles Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918): There is an Old Belief:
• 6 Parry: There is an Old Belief 04:46
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Pie Jesu (arr. Smith):
• 7 Fauré: Pie Jesu (arr. Smith) 03:32
• Eric Whitacre (b. 1970): A Boy and a Girl (Remastered Version):
• 8 Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl (Remastered Version) 04:52
• Jonathan Dove (b. 1959): The Three Kings:
• 9 Dove: The Three Kings 05:02
• Philip Stopford (b. 1977): Lully, Lulla, Lullay:
• 10 Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay 04:35
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata:
• 11 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: I. Incenerite spoglie 02:09
• 12 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: II. Ditelo o fiumi 02:03
• 13 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: III. Dara la notte 02:10
• 14 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: IV. Ma te raccoglie o ninfa 02:40
• 15 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: V. O chiome d'or 02:25
• 16 Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata: VI. Dunque amate reliquie 03:53
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147:
• 17 Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude 03:24
• Pavel Tschesnokoff (1877 - 1944): Spaséñiye, sodélal:
• 18 Tschesnokoff: Spaséñiye, sodélal 03:25
• Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977): The Long Road:
• 19 Ešenvalds: The Long Road 06:08
• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Rückert Lieder:
• 20 Mahler: Rückert Lieder: No. 4, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen 06:51
• Stephen Paulus (1949 - 2014): The Road Home:
• 21 Paulus: The Road Home 03:18
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150:
• 22 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: I. Sinfonia 01:29
• 23 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: II. Chorus "Nach dir Herr verlanget mich" 03:19
• 24 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: III. Aria "Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnügt" 01:33
• 25 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: IV. Chorus "Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit" 01:59
• 26 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: V. Aria "Zedern müssen von den Winden" 01:09
• 27 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: VI. Chorus "Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn" 02:05
• 28 Bach: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150: VII. Chorus "Meine Tage in dem Leide" 03:04
• Frank Ticheli (b. 1958): Earth Song:
• 29 Ticheli: Earth Song 04:17
• Jonathan Dove: Vertue:
• 30 Dove: Vertue 05:17
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Hymn to St. Cecilia:
• 31 Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia 11:05
• Mårten Jansson (b. 1965): An Elemental Elegy:
• 32 Jansson: An Elemental Elegy 05:05
• Eric Whitacre: Sleep:
• 33 Whitacre: Sleep 05:13
• Total Runtime 02:07:57

Info for After Silence

The new double album After Silence celebrates VOCES8's fifteenth anniversary and the group's belief in the expressive power of the human voice.

VOCES8 strives for versatility, and in this album they seek to showcase a selection of the choral repertoire for which we have become well known (Britten, Byrd and Harris amongst others), whilst also demonstrating the variety of genres and soundworlds the ensemble employs in order to engage with their diverse audiences. They hope you enjoy this collection of thought-provoking texts, illuminated by a wide range of choral textures, finding something of your own voice and experiences in After Silence. Both the Bach cantata (a collaboration with the groups friends in the Academy of Ancient Music), and the Monteverdi madrigals showcase the ensembles consort and solo skills, whilst the new Mahler adaptation illustrates their desire to push boundaries and extend choral repertoire. Over the years they have found it a joy to work with musicians from many spheres, and to collaborate with contemporary composers in the creation of new pieces written especially for VOCES8: Jonathan Doves commission for us, Vertue, is a treasured example.The four chapters that make up After Silence voice primal experiences that have been held sacrosanct in human culture since time immemorial: Rememorial: embrance, invoking death, loss and the return to earth; Devotion, focusing on the flames of love, sacred and secular; Redemption, seeking renewal and the breath of life; and Elemental, where the ebb and flow of nature meets the search for purity. The themes are illustrated with contemporary artworks by Debbie Loftus that place visual experience under a microscope to reveal exquisite landscapes of pure, interactive colour. Exalted, vital and freed from their original contextual restraints, the choral works showcased on this recording are distinguished by their inexhaustible capacity to express the inexpressible.

The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Performing 130 concerts a year globally, the group sings an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensembles performance and education ethos. With an ongoing programme of recordings, videos and live broadcasts, VOCES8 can be regularly heard on albums, international television and radio, as well as maintaining a vibrant web performance presence. The ensemble is a Decca Classics artist and has released acclaimed recordings that have all reached the top of the classical charts.

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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