Barnaby Smith's guest appearances

Barnaby Smith

The Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

The Catholic Culture Podcast

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David Gordon

Ann McElhinney

Max Richter

Ryan Wilson

Renée Fleming

Bob Marshall

Dana Gioia

Benjamin Zander

Chris Baker

Nicola Benedetti

Marin Alsop

Valentina Lisitsa

Anthony Esolen

Gene Wolfe

Nico Muhly

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In this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford speaks to the Artistic Director of Voces8 about their fascinating new album 'After Silence' - it's out on July 24, but several sections are already available to stream online - and about the forthcoming online choral festival from the Voces8 Foundation, Live from London, of which Gramophone is a media partner.

In this week's Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford speaks to the Artistic Director of Voces8 about their fascinating new album 'After Silence' - it's out on July 24, but several sections are already available to stream online - and about the forthcoming online choral festival from the Voces8 Foundation, Live from London, of which Gramophone is a media partner.

Barnaby Smith on Voces8's new album

VOCES8 is a critically acclaimed a capella octet from the UK, focusing on medieval and Renaissance works as well as their own arrangements of modern pop tunes. This episode is an interview with the group’s artistic director and countertenor, Barnaby Smith. We discuss the group's history and educational outreach, the creative challenges of chamber singing, and a few of the sacred works the group has recorded over the past decade. The following recordings are included in this episode with permission from VOCES8 (links are to lyrics): William Byrd (1538-1623), Vigilate from A Choral Tapestry, 2011 http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Vigilate_(William_Byrd) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Corpus Christi Carol from Eventide, 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Carol#Lyrics Anonymous French, Angelus ad Virginem from Equinox, 2018 http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/AngelusAdVirg.html   Links Cluny Media, a new Catholic publisher https://clunymedia.com VOCES8 http://www.voces8.com VOCES8 music store http://www.voces8.com/shop VCM Foundation https://vcm.foundation/ Good article on William Byrd’s Catholicism https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/03/a-double-life

VOCES8 is a critically acclaimed a capella octet from the UK, focusing on medieval and Renaissance works as well as their own arrangements of modern pop tunes. This episode is an interview with the group’s artistic director and countertenor, Barnaby Smith. We discuss the group's history and educational outreach, the creative challenges of chamber singing, and a few of the sacred works the group has recorded over the past decade. The following recordings are included in this episode with permission from VOCES8 (links are to lyrics): William Byrd (1538-1623), Vigilate from A Choral Tapestry, 2011 <a href="http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Vigilate_(William_Byrd)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Vigilate_(William_Byrd)</a> Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Corpus Christi Carol from Eventide, 2013 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Carol#Lyrics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Carol#Lyrics</a> Anonymous French, Angelus ad Virginem from Equinox, 2018 <a href="http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/AngelusAdVirg.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/AngelusAdVirg.html</a> Links Cluny Media, a new Catholic publisher <a href="https://clunymedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://clunymedia.com</a> VOCES8 <a href="http://www.voces8.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.voces8.com</a> VOCES8 music store <a href="http://www.voces8.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.voces8.com/shop</a> VCM Foundation <a href="https://vcm.foundation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vcm.foundation/</a> Good article on William Byrd’s Catholicism <a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/03/a-double-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/03/a-double-life</a>

Episode 24: Talking A Capella with VOCES8's Barnaby Smith