The GRAMMY®-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 tours globally, performing an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras and conductors. The world’s top-streaming classical vocal group, their repertoire ranges from early Renaissance music to traditional folk song, contemporary and popular music, and their own arrangements.
“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
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Program
Orlando Gibbons O Clap Your Hands
Jake Runestad Let My Love Be Heard
Sergei Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Devo
Nat “King” Cole/ arr. Jim Clements Straighten Up and Fly Right
Otis Blackwell/ arr. Jim Clements Fever
Caroline Shaw and the swallow
with Oberlin College Choir
Felix Mendelssohn Denn er hat seinen Engeln
Edward Elgar/ arr. John Cameron Lux Aeterna (Nimrod)
Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach/ arr. Ward Swingle Bourrée
Kate Rusby/ arr. Jim Clements Underneath the Stars
Thomas Weelkes As Vesta Was
Orlando Di Lasso Dessus le marché d’Arras
Paul Simon/ arr. Alexander L’Estrange The Sound of Silence
Don McLean/ arr. Jim Clements Vincent
Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers/ arr. Alexander L’Estrange Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Cole Porter & Fred Ebb/ arr. Alexander L’Strange I Get a Kick Out of New York
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Ticket Information
This concert is sold out. A waitlist option will begin one hour prior to show start time. The waitlist will be cash only at-the-door for tickets.
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With thanks to the generosity of Richard ’62 and Linda ’62 Clark, Oberlin College and Conservatory students will continue to be able to attend Artist Recital Series concerts for free during the 2025-26 ARS season.
