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Voces8 records brand-new “crossover” Requiem Mass

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J-P Mauro - published on 06/01/22
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'Requiem Novum' intersperses poems throughout the Mass that reflect on each section.

The world’s most adept sacred choir, Voces8, is back in 2022 with a full-scale Requiem Mass. The work marks an evolution of Mass settings, as it combines the timeless Latin text of the Catholic Mass with English-language poems by American lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri. The work, titled Requiem Novum, has some of the most tonally beautiful melodies ever put to paper. 

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