“A stunning, beautiful sound” - BBC Radio 2
The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop. Apollo5 is part of the VCM Foundation, and leads its innovative education programme aiming to inspire creativity through music. Working alongside vocal ensemble VOCES8 and Paul Smith the programme reaches 40,000 young people annually in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, the USA and Asia.
The programme entitled O Radiant Dawn includes:
James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn
William Byrd - Vigilate
Manning Sherwin arr. Jim Clements - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Claudio Monteverdi - Sfogava con le stelle
Mykola Leontovych - Carol of the Bells
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Call from Five Mystical Songs
Trad. Russian arr. Alexander Levine - Oh You Wide Steppe
Ben Oakland arr. Jim Clements - Java Jive
Edith Piaf arr. Greg Link for Apollo5 - La Vie En Rose
Franz Gruber arr. Jacob Ewens - Silent Night
June Styne arr. Kirby Shaw - Let It Snow
Trad. English arr. Arthur Warrell - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
