VOCES8: The Cloths of Heaven by Rebecca Dale

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The VOCES8 Choir & Orchestra perform Rebecca Dale's 'The Cloths of Heaven' in a new orchestration by Iain Farrington, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

The track was performed as part of a Live From London concert at All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, and a recording can be found on the ensemble's 'To Sing of Love' album. https://open.spotify.com/album/4DRz5qYearu1VOjhAvqWSx?si=H1jmuakGSlq8e6KckBgGUw

Elizabeth Cooney - Leader
Emma Denton - Cello
Ilid Jones - Oboe
Julian Bliss - Clarinet
Lise Vandermissen - Harp

Text from 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven'
by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Video Producer: Barnaby Smith
Camera Operators: Alexander Van Ingen and Aytan Buyukoglu
Audio Engineer and Mixer: David Hinitt
Audio Session Producer: Adrian Peacock