20 Years of VOCES8 | Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

Friday, June 6, 2025

Editor Martin Cullingford talks with three key figures behind this most innovative of ensembles – co-founders Barnaby Smith, Artistic Director, and Paul Smith, CEO, and soprano Andrea Haines

The vocal ensemble VOCES8 are marking their 20th anniversary with a new release – out today – celebrating the full breadth of their creativity, and an exciting season of concerts. Editor Martin Cullingford sat down with three of the key figures behind this most innovative of ensembles – the co-founders Barnaby Smith, Artistic Director, and Paul Smith, CEO, and soprano and long-standing member of the group Andrea Haines – to look back over 20 years of creativity and achievement, and forward to the future. 

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All music excerpts in this podcast are from 'Twenty' by VOCES8 which is out today. You can hear the whole album below:

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