VOCES8

Saturday, December 7 at 7:30pm
Baldwin Auditorium

Presented by Duke Arts Presents
Vocal Ensemble Series

Eight singers sitting in front of teal washing machines at a laundromat. — Photo Credit: Andy Staples

Radiant’ and ‘luminous’ are adjectives that are perhaps overused in describing choral sound, but in this case they are fully deserved.
STEPHEN EDDINS, ALL MUSIC

2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is acclaimed globally for their complex and wide-ranging a cappella concerts. For this special event, the group will perform “Winter Tales,” a program of holiday music spanning centuries, beginning with medieval carol “Angelus ad Virginem” and ending with “Let it Snow.” Bring your family and ring in the holiday season with the soaring voices of VOCES8 in Baldwin Auditorium.

Winter Tales

Chant arr. VOCES8: Angelus ad Virginem
Reena Esmail: The Unexpected Early Hour
Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
Kerensa Briggs: A Tender Shoot
Sergei Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Devo
Tamsin Jones: Noel: Verbum Caro Factum Est
Philip Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Magnificat Quinti Toni – Hieronymous Praetorius with Joseph Lieber Joseph Mein
In Dulci Jubilo
Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Robert Lucas Pearsall arr. In Dulci Jubilo
Luke Wenceslas Mayernik: The Lamb
Trad. Scandinavian arr. Blake Morgan: Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
Trad. arr. John Rutter: Joseph and Mary
Trad. arr. James Burton: Silent Night
Jay Livingston & Ray Evans arr. Blake Morgan: Silver Bells
Jule Steyn arr. Jim Clements: Let it Snow