When the earth stands still

Since its debut in spring 2024, Ensemble Lyyra has already taken a prominent place in the international choral landscape. It was founded by the VOCES8 Foundation with the aim of promoting the voice of women in choral music. The ensemble’s name refers to the universal harmony of music and is derived from the constellation that represents Orpheus’ famous lyre. The line-up integrates six great talents with different musical backgrounds, from classical vocal training to jazz and pop singing to folk music of various traditions. The result is an impressively rich spectrum of timbres and a dense, unmistakable ensemble sound, which is ideally conveyed in this stylistically extraordinarily varied programme. Lyyra stands for emotional, inspiring and in every respect extraordinary performances.

Eleonora d’Este:
Haec dies
Sicut lilium inter spinas

Samuel Barber:
Heaven Haven

*Maurice Duruflé
Tota pulchra es, Maria

*Manning Sherwin
A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square

*Folk song from the Appalachians
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Paul Simon:
Bridge over Troubled Water

Works by Hildegard von Bingen, Don MacDonald, William Byrd, Ellen Gilson Voth, Vicente Lusitano, Blake Morgan, Leslie Savoy Burrs, Vienna Teng, Donny Hathaway, Peter Eldridge, Marvin Fisher

*Lyyra
Mary Ruth Miller and Anna Crumley, soprano
Elizabeth Tait and Ingried Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs