Haven Apollo5

• William Byrd (1540 - 1623): Mass for Five Voices:
• 1 Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: I. Kyrie 01:39
• Paul Smith (1906 - 1985): Heaven-Haven:
• 2 Smith: Heaven-Haven 03:46
• William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices:
• 3 Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: II. Gloria 05:09
• Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603): Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi:
• 4 Monte: Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi 03:03
• Taylor Scott Davis (b. 1980): Sonnet 81:
• 5 Davis: Sonnet 81 04:00
• William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices:
• 6 Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: III. Credo 08:32
• Undine Smith Moore (1904 - 1989): We Shall Walk Through The Valley (arr. Undine Smith Moore for Apollo5):
• 7 Moore: We Shall Walk Through The Valley (arr. Undine Smith Moore for Apollo5) 02:53
• Victoria Vita Polevá (1962): Life-giving Spring:
• 8 Polevá: Life-giving Spring 01:43
• Easter Stikhere:
• 9 Polevá: Easter Stikhere 02:01
• William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices:
• 10 Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: IV. Sanctus - V. Benedictus 03:57
• Michael McGlynn (b. 1964): O Pia Virgo:
• 11 McGlynn: O Pia Virgo 03:32
• Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978): Northern Lights:
• 12 Gjeilo: Northern Lights 04:35
• William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices:
• 13 Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: VI. Agnus Dei 03:16
• Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya (b. 1984): Agnus Dei:
• 14 Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya: Agnus Dei 06:45
• Sarah McLachlan (b. 1968): Angel (arr. Penelope Appleyard for Apollo5):
• 15 McLachlan: Angel (arr. Penelope Appleyard for Apollo5) 05:03
• Traditional: Wayfaring Stranger (arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5):
• 16 Traditional: Wayfaring Stranger (arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5) 04:38
• Marta Keen (b. 1953): Homeward Bound (arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5):
• 17 Keen: Homeward Bound (arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5) 03:45
• Total Runtime 01:08:17

Info for Haven

Haven, the sixth solo studio album from Apollo5, explores the music and poetry of troubled, displaced and persecuted authors, from the Tudor musician William Byrd – who secretly continued a commitment to Catholicism at the height of the Protestant Reformation – to Romantic poets, twentieth-century songwriters and contemporary Ukrainian composers currently writing in exile. This music often has a dual purpose – it can document the plight and struggle of its creators whilst also casting a restorative light and striking an optimistic note, refreshing the listener whilst acting as a nourishing balm for the sorrowful, oppressed or exiled writer. A collection of pieces old and new, with repertoire spanning four centuries and with six tracks commissioned and recorded especially for this album, Haven is centred around William Byrd’s Mass For Five Voices, a full recording of which is scattered across the album.

Interspersed with this Mass setting is the opulent polyphony of Renaissance composer Philippe de Monte (also Byrd’s religious confidant), a twentieth-century spiritual by the “Dean of Black Women Composers” Undine Smith Moore, and new works and arrangements written for the group by Paul Smith, Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya and Apollo5 soprano Penelope Appleyard. Taken together, the collection explores how composers and songwriters deploy music and text as a comforting embrace, as a shelter against an oncoming or aggressively present storm, or else as crucial aspirations for peace, rest and hope.

Apollo5

Apollo5
The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop.

Frequently performing in their home city of London they have sung in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Kings Place (London A Cappella Festival), the Barbican, the Houses of Parliament and Wembley Arena. They regularly give concerts at their home in the heart of the City of London, the Gresham Centre.

As well as concerts across the UK Apollo5 has enjoyed giving performances internationally. Last season the five outstanding vocalists undertook a month-long debut tour of the USA and in 2016 they made their south Asian debut, taking part in the Taipei International Choral Festival. Over the last two years they have given performances in Italy, Germany, Holland and France. This season includes international performances in France (Via Aeterna Music Festival), Poland (for La Folle Journée) and a collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music.

Apollo5 is part of the VCM Foundation, and leads its innovative education programme aiming to inspire creativity through music. Working alongside vocal ensemble VOCES8 and Paul Smith the programme reaches 40,000 young people annually in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, the USA and Asia. The Foundation has its home at the Gresham Centre, at St Anne and St Agnes Church. In partnership with the Diocese of London, VCM has established a hub for excellence in education, outreach and the performance of vocal music. Last season saw the first Gresham Centre Festival in which the group performed with VOCES8 and the VOCES8 Scholars.

Apollo5 leads regular workshops, masterclasses, and a children’s concert series at the Gresham Centre, as well as longer term projects and residency programmes. The group oversees an extensive outreach project called the Open Mind Programme in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham. Now in its third year, the Open Mind Programme has received support from Arts Council England, The Merchant Taylors’ Company and the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers. The education programme is also supported by Holman Fenwick Willan and the Ernest Cook Trust.

Apollo5 has released albums with VCM Records, including “The Spirit Like a Dove”, music by Josquin des Prez performed with the Ingenium Ensemble which was Number 4 in the UK Classical Chart, and “With a Song in my Heart”, an album of folk, jazz and pop. Also released is “Journey” on the Edition Peters Sounds label featuring the group with former King’s Singer Paul Phoenix. A new album “O Radiant Dawn”, which explores the human journey through birth, love, struggle, the end of life and reflection will be released in May 2019.

Apollo5 will start to publish its musical arrangements with Edition Peters this year.

This album contains no booklet.