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“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.”
Gramophone Magazine
“VOCES8 is the Rolls-Royce of British a cappella ensembles”
The Arts Desk
In Lead Me Home: A Celebration of the American Choral Landscape, the celebrated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 explores the many traditions that shape American choral music. The program moves from early voices such as William Byrd to contemporary composers like Pulitzer Prize-winning North Carolina composer Caroline Shaw, with beloved spirituals like Steal Away and My Lord What a Morning woven throughout.
BBC Music Magazine praises the group’s “gorgeous sound, impeccable ensemble and intense responsiveness to text, harmony and melodic shape.” VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group and performs more than 120 concerts a year in venues from Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw to the Sydney Opera House. Duke Arts is proud to welcome them back to Durham with this special program as part of the We the People Initiative.
Lead Me Home
A Celebration of the American Choral Landscape
William Byrd: Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles
Virgil Thomson: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux
Trad. arr. Harry T. Burleigh: My Lord what a Morning
Trad. arr. David Blackwell: Steal Away
William Billings: David’s Lamentation
Bobby McFerrin: The 23rd Psalm
Eric Whitacre: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Taylor Scott Davis: Effortlessly
Jonathan Dove: In Beauty May I Walk
The Beatles, arr. Jim Clements: Free as a Bird
Samuel Barber: To Be Sung on the Water
Traditional, arr. Thomas Hewitt Jones: Shenandoah
Don McLean, arr. Jim Clements: Vincent
Vernon Duke & Yip Harburg, arr. Jim Clements: April in Paris
Cole Porter, arr. Alexander L’Estrange: I Get a Kick Out of New York
*Program is subject to change
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Approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes, with no intermission
Limited late seating available
Tickets available starting at $45. Student tickets always $10.
The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group and proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras and conductors. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person. VOCES8 is the flagship ensemble of the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’, reaching up to 40,000 people annually.
VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues from Wigmore Hall to Sydney Opera House. This season they perform over 100 concerts globally. Online the VOCES8 Digital Academy and the LIVE From London digital festival continue. They publish music and educational material with VOCES8 Publishing, E.C. Schirmer and Edition Peters, including The VOCES8 Method written by Paul Smith. Taylor Scott Davis is Composer-in-Residence with Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. Their new album is “TWENTY”, joining previous releases “Nightfall”, “A Choral Christmas”, Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” (a Grammy-Award nominee), “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring “The Sacred Veil” and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.
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This event is part of We the People: A Duke & Durham Initiative
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