Where All Roses Go marks the tenth anniversary of Apollo5. Most of the repertoire was recorded during the long, quiet months of 2020, the recording process giving the singers a wonderfully creative focus in the midst of such uncertainty. Its cover artwork and title refer to that most potent symbol of love and its transience: the rose. The album unites a diverse collection of choral music spanning 500 years, from some of the earliest known polyphonic writing through to new compositions, in an energetic exploration of the joy and despair of human love. Love has many different manifestations. It is a rich tapestry intricately woven with conflicting strands: life and loss; beauty and mortality; brave romance and fragility in rejection; the steadfast devotion of a mothers love (heightened by the awareness of inevitable separation); and in the Christian narrative the Virgin Mary and the eventual ultimate sacrifice. The repertoire chosen for the album reflects the different strands of this tapestry...The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop.

Track List:

1. Veni Domine - Francisco Guerrero 

2. Ave Maris Stella I - Emily Dickens 

3. Civitas Sancti Tui - William Byrd 

4. Oh, Virgen, cuando os miro - Francisco Guerrero 

5. Ave Maris Stella II - Emily Dickens harmonised Josh Cooter for Apollo5 

6. Virgen Sancta - Francisco Guerrero 

7. Psalm 2, the Third of Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Thomas Tallis 

8. Lost Innocence - Paul Smith 

9. Mother of God, here I stand - John Tavener 

10. Music, When Soft Voices Die - Taylor Scott Davis 

11. Salve Regina - Francis Poulenc 

12. Edo Lullaby - trad. Japanese arr. Paul Smith 

13. Where all Roses Go - Michael McGlynn 

14. Ave Maris Stella III - Emily Dickens arranged Josh Cooter for Apollo5 

15. Aye, Here’s To You - Fraser Wilson 

16. This Marriage - Eric Whitacre

17. Dieu! Qu’il La Fait Bon Regarder - Claude Debussy 

18. The Good-morrow - David Fawcett 

19. Haste on, My joys! - Gerald Finzi 

20. The Last Rose of Summer - trad. Irish arr. Fraser Wilson for Apollo5 

The album is available both digitally and physically.

Production Team:

Executive Producers - Paul Smith, Barnaby Smith

Recording Producers - Paul Smith, Dave Rowell, Barnaby Smith

Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer - Dave Rowell

Editing - Dave Rowell, Matthew Bennett, Barnaby Smith

Cover Artwork original lino print Clare Stewart

Design - Apt.uk

Recorded at the VOCES8 Centre, London, 2020