VOCES8 make a welcome return to the Festival with a programme exploring the profound and diverse beauty of music inspired by the heavens, human connection, and the places we call home. At its heart is Lucy Walker’s eponymous new work, written for VOCES8, which captures the delicate balance between celestial wonder and the deep, personal connections that make us human.

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Voces8

St. Martin's Church

The acclaimed vocal ensemble Gentlemen Singers has accepted an invitation to our special concert in May. In the opening notes of Echos of Folksongs by Leoš Janáček, we can hear the young composer influenced by folk music, his travels in Moravia and his first experiences as a choirmaster.

In stark contrast there are the Brigand Songs commissioned from Bohuslav Martinů at the end of his life by the Prague Teachers’ Choir (I) and the Moravian Teachers’ Choir (II).

For the May concert, Gentlemen Singers, together with the violinist Lucia Fulka Kopsová, will also perform Zdeněk Lukáš’s song cycle Spring is Coming, whose choral works are inspired by folk motifs and are characterized by melodic inventiveness, rhythmic vitality and ability to express strong emotions.

Lukáš. Vičar. Janáček

The Professed House, Prague

Unlike the 1968 space mission of the same name, this rocket is not unmanned, but rather manned by powerful singers who show the world what vocal music can do. Jubilation, hope, but also humility and sadness—the highly personal program of the five Brits is full of conflicting emotions and knows no genre boundaries.

Michael McGlynn

Events

Past events

May 22, 2026

Voces8 · Newbury Spring Festival

May 4, 2026

Lukáš. Vičar. Janáček · Prague Philharmonia

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