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The VOCES8 Foundation Choir: Hear My Prayer

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Voces8 sing on a circular stage facing the conductor.

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Pure, sweet, serene, hear a radiant blend of unaccompanied voices rise in song. VOCES8 combines with its Foundation Choir to share its heavenly sound in music exploring prayer.

This concert traces a path of devotion from the Renaissance to the present day. Performed by the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and directed by Barnaby Smith, Bach’s vividly expressive motet Jesu meine Freude stands at its centre.

It’s framed by beautiful choral works from Palestrina, Rheinberger and Sheppard, and luminous contemporary reflections by Arvo Pärt, Kerensa Briggs and Paul Smith. Close your eyes to enjoy the exultant joy of Victoria’s Regina caeli and the programme’s closing climax - the searing intensity of James MacMillan’s contemporary masterpiece Miserere.

VOCES8 is a Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble and the world’s top-streaming classical vocal ensemble, whose 20th Anniversary concert in 2025 sold out the Barbican main hall.

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Presented by the Barbican.

Barbican Classical Music Programme receives major support from Marcus Margulies and additional support In Memory of John Murray.

Programme

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria   Regina caeli
  • Kerensa Briggs   Media vita
  • Josef Rheinberger   Kyrie from Mass in E-flat
  • Arvo Pärt   The Deer's Cry
  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina   Stabat Mater
  • Paul Smith   Nunc Dimittis
  • John Sheppard   Libera Nos I & II
  • Henry Purcell   Hear My Prayer
  • Pablo Casals   O vos omnes
  • Edward Elgar   Lux Aeterna
  • James Macmillan   Miserere

Performers

  • VOCES8 Foundation Choir  
  • Barnaby Smith   Artistic Director

Ticket prices

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From £29 (£25 + £4 transaction fee)

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Milton Court Concert Hall

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Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

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Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

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