Video of the Day: VOCES8 perform Weelkes's ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’
Friday, August 18, 2023
Performed by VOCES8, Apollo5 and members of The VOCES8 Foundation Choir conducted by Barnaby Smith
Today's video is a vital performance of Weelkes's ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’ by VOCES8, Apollo5 and members of The VOCES8 Foundation Choir conducted by Barnaby Smith.
This video is an extract from a full concert called '400 - The Music of Byrd and Weelkes' which is part of this year's LIVE From London Summer festival. The concert also features Weelkes's 'O Lord grant the King a long life' and 'When David heard' interspersed with sections from Byrd's Mass for Five Voices.
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