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’.

Programme:
Byrd Vigilate
Emily Dickens Ave Maris Stella
Byrd Civitas Sancti Tui
Guerrero O Virgen, Quand'os Miro
Poulenc Salve Regina, FP110
Debussy Dieu! Qu’il La Fait Bon Regard
Emily Dickens (harmonised Josh Cooter) Ave Maris Stella II
Guerrero Virgen Sancta
Tallis Psalm 2, the Third of Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
Paul Smith Lost Innocence
Eric Whitacre This Marriage
Finzi Haste on, My joys!
Taylor Scott Davis Music, When Soft Voices Die
Arr. Fraser Wilson My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Arr. Fraser Wilson The Last Rose of Summer
Michael McGlynn Where All Roses Go
Elton John (arr. Matt Greenwood) Your Song
Kern & Fields (arr. Matt Greenwood) The Way You Look Tonight
Vince Clark (arr. Deke Sharon & Anne Raugh) Only You
Marta Keen (arr. Paul Smith) Homeward Bound