- Date & Time
- Sunday 21st May 2023, 3.30pm
- Venue
- St. Mary's Church, Blessington
- Ticket Info
- Tickets €28 / €19 student concession
(+ booking fee) - Artists
- Clare Stewart / Soprano
Penelope Appleyard / Soprano
Oscar Golden-Lee / Tenor
Oli Martin-Smith / Tenor
Augustus Perkins Ray / Bass
- Programme
- Vigilate William Byrd
Beata viscera Pérotin
Beata viscera William Byrd
Agnus Dei (from Mass for Five Voices) William Byrd
O Radiant Dawn James MacMillan
Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo
Dieu! Qu’il La Fait Bon Regarder Claude Debussy
This Marriage Eric Whitacre
Psalm 2, the Third of Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter Thomas Tallis
Lost Innocence Paul Smith for Apollo5
Am gaeth i muir Michael McGlynn
O Pia Virgo Michael McGlynn
Where All Roses Go Michael McGlynn
My Spirit Sang All Day Gerald Finzi
We Shall Walk Through The Valley trad. American arr. Undine Smith Moore
The Last Rose of Summer trad. Irish arr. Fraser Wilson for Apollo5
Wayfaring Stranger trad. arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5
Your Song Elton John arr. Matt Greenwood for Apollo5
Only You Vince Clark arr. Deke Sharon & Anne Raugh
Homeward Bound Marta Keen arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5
Critically acclaimed a cappella five-piece Apollo5 is one of Britain’s smallest but most formidable vocal groups. An energetic exploration of the joy and despair of human love, their performance will include choral music spanning 500 years, from some of the earliest known polyphonic writing through to pop favourites like ‘Your Song’, ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ and ‘Only You’.
Comprising a soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors and a bass, the ensemble – which takes its name from the ancient Greek god of music – has delighted audiences around the world with its rich, dynamic sound, demonstrating how powerful five voices alone can be. With a versatile approach to music programming, and a repertoire spanning renaissance, classical and contemporary choral works to folk, jazz and pop, the group’s five voices bring the music of five centuries to life.
For their West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival appearance, Apollo5 have selected a programme that includes music from their acclaimed album, Where All Roses Go. An energetic exploration of the joy and despair of human love, their performance will include choral music spanning 500 years, from some of the earliest known polyphonic writing through to pop favourites like ‘Your Song’, ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ and ‘Only You’.
“One-to-a-part performances of repertoire spanning nine centruries no less. An inspired programme, superbly sung throughout. ★★★★★”BBC Music Magazine
“Exceptionally beautiful singing”Classic FM
“...the hugely impressive Apollo5.”Gramophone
