The British vocal octet VOCES8, described as a “purring musical machine” by The Arts Desk, is equally at home with the intricate polyphony of Bach, the soaring melodies of Benjamin Britten, and the introspective lyricism of Ben Folds. Their ethereal collective voice finds its perfect home in the majestic Rockefeller Memorial Chapel for their early music-rooted program, Devotions.
VOCES8 performs Samuel Barber's setting of the 'Agnus Dei' at the VOCES8 Centre in London.
Program - Devotions
| Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands | Monteverdi: Lagrime d’Amante al Sepolcro dell’Amata |
| Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin | Weelkes: As Vesta Was |
| Tallis: God Grant with Grace | di Lasso: Dessus le marché d’Arras |
| Pärt: The Deer’s Cry | Kate Rusby/arr. Clements: Underneath the Stars |
| Stephen Paulus: Pilgrims’ Hymn | Spiritual/arr. Blackwell: Steal Away |
| Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo | Holst: Nunc Dimittis |
| Mendelssohn: Richte mich, Gott | |
| Caroline Shaw: and the swallow | |
| Victoria: Regina Caeli | |
| Intermission |