VOCES8 Choral Repertoire

Written for, performed, and recorded by vocal ensemble VOCES8, this beautiful a cappella work has flowing and independent vocal lines as well as mixed meters that accentuate the Lord Byron text.

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 music and texts link to form a

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

A lullaby for choir and children’s choir (or sopranos) setting an ancient nursery rhyme that explores the idea of the journey through life. A New World is a musical story across five

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 music and texts link to form a

A beautiful and flowing work for SATB choir, SATB solo quartet and piano, with textures that celebrate love, cherishing our place among the stars. A New World is a musical story across five

One of a series, all premiered and recorded by the vocal ensemble VOCES8, this a cappella work is challenging, with independent parts, and a rich and diverse harmonic vocabulary.

A beautiful a cappella piece for double choir set to George Herbert's poem Vertue. One of the VOCES8 series, this work premiered in 2019.

A VOCES8 a cappella setting of Gabriel Faure's famous Pie Jesu, taken from his Requiem. In this arrangement, the famous melody is framed at the start and end by atmospheric plainsong.

This five-minute arrangement for VOCES8 draws together a pair of stunningly emotive melodic lines from the Scottish and Irish folk traditions, My Lagan Love and She Moved Through the Fair.

Set to one of Ireland's most famous folk tunes, this is Danny Boy ina cappella arrangement written for VOCES8 featuring SATB with divisi into eight parts with bass and tenor solos.

An a cappella SATB arrangement written for VOCES8 of the famous Scottish folk song with text by Robert Burns.

A beautiful traditional Japanese folk song originating from Edo, the old name for modern-day Tokyo, arranged for unaccompanied mixed voices. Written for and performed by VOCES8.

This traditional spiritual, a song of faith and hope, is dynamically arranged for unaccompanied voices. Originally written for the Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir and adapted for VOCES8, this work is as

This vocal arrangement of the classic Schubert song arranged for VOCES8 tells the terrifying tale of a young boy and his father being chased by the Erl King. Each voice has a chance to inhabit the

What better way for choirs to celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday than with this entertaining medley of some of his greatest hits? Excerpts from Fur Elise; the Moonlight

This arrangement, written for VOCES8, presents a dreamlike choral fantasia based on the first movement of Beethoven's famous Moonlight piano sonata. Particularly suitable for choirs of mixed

Beethoven's folks songs are given the VOCES8 treatment in these fantastic new arrangements for the Beethoven 250th anniversary year. Works included: Lochnagar WoO 156/9; Farewell Bliss WoO

Commissioned by VOCES8 in 2020, this reflective piece is setting of a text from poet Jacqueline Goldfinger. Creating a period of calm during winter storms where we reflect on what we have lost but rise up

Commissioned by VOCES8 for their Live from London Festival in 2020, this piece with lyrics by Milton Brasher-Cunningham has an almost meterless feel and musically reflects on the darkness and quiet of

The poetry of Phyllis Wheatley is featured in this piece commissioned by VOCES8. Featuring a baritone soloist throughout with support from the divisi a cappella ensemble, the piece builds to the choir

Composed for VOCES8, this hymnlike piece features lyrics by Daniel Simpson that encourage connection and interaction. The gentle walking pace uplifts the lyrics into purpose and movement.