Video of the Day: VOCES8 perform Parry's 'I Was Glad'

Friday, August 9, 2024

VOCES8 and company get the LIVE From London Summer 2024 festival underway with a thrilling performance of Parry's anthem

Today's video is a stunning performance of Prry's anthem 'I Was Glad' performed by VOCES8, Lyyra, and the US VOCES8 Foundation Scholars conducted by Barnaby Smith, accompanied by organist Jim Roman. The performance was recorded at St Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston, and is part of a complete concert included in the LIVE From London Summer 2024 festival.


The full concert from which this recordings is an excerpt is called 'The Final Sacrifice', and as well as the Parry it includes works that 'weave a radiant tapestry of English and German music from the 19th and 20th centuries, celebrating themes of faith, divine light, and sacrificial grace.' 

Tickets for this year's LIVE From London Summer 2024 festival are available from: livefromlondon.org

Gramophone Print

  • Print Edition

From £6.67 / month

Subscribe

Gramophone Digital Club

  • Digital Edition
  • Digital Archive
  • Reviews Database
  • Full website access

From £8.75 / month

Subscribe

                              

If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.