Invocations

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INVOCATIONSOpis:Product DescriptionInvocations was born out of Apollo5’s desire to share fragments of their life stories with audiences, and for listeners to discover their ‘life music’ too. Alongside long-term collaborator Fraser Wilson, each of the group’s members hand-picked songs and texts that have emotionally resonated with them over the course of their lives. Whether rooted in memory or nostalgia, charged by moments of pivotal, life-changing significance or ones cloaked by a hazy ambiguity, these musical milestones ‘invoke’ the personal stories of each singer. The songs selected were subsequently reworked by Fraser into brand new versions, squeezed out of their original forms and reshaped into something distant from the source whilst retaining some element of familiarity. Here, there are tender songs of adoring devotion and catastrophic, cathartic moments of heartbreak, glimpses of fragrant summer reborn and its inexorable fading, sacred works of humility and secular songs of abundant jubilation and hope. Inevitably, at the heart of almost every song, is that four-letter word: love. Love, in all its ubiquitous, convoluted and unconquerable wonder.

Review...the hugely impressive Apollo5. --GramophoneOne-to-a-part performances of repertoire spanning nine centuries no less. An inspired programme, superbly sung throughout. --Jeremy Pound - BBC Music MagazineExceptionally beautiful singing. --Classic FMAbout the ArtistThe 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. Frequently performing in their home city of London they have sung in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Kings Place and the Barbican. They regularly give concerts at their home in the heart of the City of London, the Voces8 Centre. Apollo5 sings throughout the UK, and has enjoyed giving performances in many European countries, the USA and Asia. Concert highlights in 2021-22 for the five outstanding vocalists include a major US tour, performances in France at the Via Aeterna Music Festival, La Folle Journée, Festival de la Vézère, Collège de Bernadins in Paris, and concerts in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and across the UK, including St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and the Milton Abbey International Festival and Summer School. Apollo5 is part of the Voces8 Foundation, the vocal music education charity that brings the power of singing to communities around the world. Working alongside vocal ensemble Voces8 and Paul Smith the programme reaches 40,000 young people annually in the UK, Europe, the USA and Asia. The Foundation has its home at the Voces8 Centre, at St Anne and St Agnes Church. In partnership with the Diocese of London, the Foundation has established a hub for excellence in education, outreach and the performance of vocal music. During 2020-21 Apollo5 has featured regularly in the global success story that is the online festival, ‘Live From London’, broadcast from the Centre. Alongside many of the leading vocal ensembles and orchestras in the world, these concerts brought music to millions during the pandemic, raising money for more than five hundred artists, composers, and production teams in the process. Apollo5 leads regular workshops, masterclasses and a children's concert series at the Foundation's Centre, as well as longer projects and residency programmes. The group oversees an extensive singing project in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, working closely with schools and supporting teachers. Now in its sixth year, this project is supported by Arts Council England, The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers' Charity and the Goldsmiths' Company Charity. The education programme is also supported by the City of London.

Autor:APOLLO5Nośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2023-03-10Waga: 0.09 gramWysokość: 0.3 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.5 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.