Performance Marketing Agency

Laudate eum solo et luna

The Traveller : Oratorio for Solo Tenor, Solo Violin, SATB, Children's Choir and Orchestra of Strings, Harp and Perc

St Aidan's Prayer

St Aidan's Prayer arranged for Soprano Solo, SATB and Organ by Roxanna Panufnik.

A City Called Heaven

A City Called Heaven for unaccompanied SATB choir and soprano solo by James Burton.

Bach Sticky Notes : Six Suites for Violoncello solo, BWV 1007–1012

I sing of a maiden

I sing of a maiden arranged for Treble Solo and SATB a cappella by Julian Philips.

The Parting Glass

A 4-minute gently flowing arrangement by Joshua Pacey of the traditional Irish/Scottish song. Written for unaccompanied SSAATTBB with soprano and tenor solo. Score includes rehearsal piano reduction. First recorded on VOCES8’s2019 album Enchanted Isle.

Carrickfergus

A beautifully evocative 4-minute arrangement by Joshua Pacey of the Irish folksong ballad, named after the Irish town Carrickfergus, written for unaccompanied SATB voices and soprano solo. Score includes rehearsal pianoreduction. First recorded on VOCES8’s 2019 album Enchanted Isle.

Ave maris stella

A 5-minute uplifting piece for SATB and piano that uses the ancient latin hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary. The verses alternate between full choir and solo or duet passages, accompanied by lush, romantic harmonies. Composed forsenior school choir but would suit church choirs around the world.

Christmas is Here - Zeb Soanes - Bog - Edition Peters - Plusbog.dk

A 3.5-minute song which perfectly expresses the joy of Christmas. With words by writer and broadcaster Zeb Soanes, and music by Jonathan Dove, this piece, for unison voices (or solo voice) and piano, is taken from the final movement of Gaspard’s Christmas, for narrator and orchestra, in which a friendly fox (called Gaspard) entertains young concert-goers with a musical tale that captures the excitement of Christmas.

Let's Walk Together : VOCES8 Singles Series

The text of Let’s Walk Together, by Daniel Simpson, neatly sums up the character of its composer Paul Smith and the vocal ensemble he founded, VOCES8. Connection, interaction and movement are all characteristics. Composed forSSAATTBB unaccompanied choir with baritone solo, this three-minute piece has sonorous hymn-like chords which introduce cascading faster voices in its middle. Although composed for VOCES8 to premiere in their LIVE FromLondon Christmas festival, this piece is suitable for performance at any time of year.

Descend to Earth : VOCES8 Singles Series

British composer Ken Burton was drawn to the poetry of 18th-century slave and writer Phyllis Wheatley for his piece Descend to Earth. The dual troubles of pandemic and racial oppression in 2020 resonate with Wheatley’s concisepoem, the start of which recalls the Christmas/Holiday season. Written for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir plus baritone solo, Descend to Earth will have a place in many programs with varied themes. It was commissioned by VOCES8 fortheir LIVE From London festival in 2020 and premiered by them with baritone Roderick Williams.

Shenandoah : American Traditional

The ‘VOCES8 singles’ series includes songs for which the group is particularly well known, in choral arrangements produced specifically for VOCES8. This beautiful folk song was commissioned as part of ourfifth anniversary celebrations in 2012, and was included in our EP ‘In the Beginning’ and on our US concert tour. It has always been a fun challenge to perform, with gorgeous flowing lines and a great opening solo forthe bass. Our annual visit to sing for friends in the Shenandoah Valley is never complete without a rendition of this arrangement; performing it at Abbey Road Studios (the film can be found on YouTube) was also anunforgettableexperience.

The Flower

Alec Roth's The Flower for SATB choir and Tenor/Baritone solo a cappella. 'Early in 2007, while staying at the Old Rectory in Bemerton, I set four verses of George Herbert’s poem‘The Flower’ at the suggestion of Canon Judy Rees of the George Herbert in Bemerton Group, who had invited a number of composers to make new settings of Herbert’s poetry as hymns for congregational use. Isubsequently re-worked this simple hymn-tune into the present more elaborate version as a short anthem for unaccompanied choir.' - Alec Roth First performance on 20 November 2011 at Birmingham TownHallgiven by Ex Cathedra, conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore. The Flower is recorded by Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, on the CD Shared Ground (Signum Classics SIGCD270).

The Dream (from A New World) : VOCES8 singles series

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 Mahmoud Darwish. 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 narrative that questions what sort of ‘New Worlds’ have come into existence, or could be created in our future, and considers how we balance human traits of fear, displacement, isolation and conflict with equally human traits of love, hope, forgiveness and unity. Theinternationally-renowned British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. The celebration of diverse musical expression is central to the ensemble’s ethos, and this is shown in their versatile concert programmes and innovative educational work. The ‘VOCES8 singles’ series includes songs for which the group is particularly well known and which have been composed or arranged specifically for VOCES8.