Voces8: The Road Home / Let My Love Be Heard

Voces8 presents an achingly beautiful performance of two works by Minnesota composers, Stephen Paulus' "The Road Home" and Jake Runestad's "Let My Love Be Heard," seamlessly sung together. This is our third video from the British group's incredible concert a year ago with STMA Choirs in St. Michael, Minn. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 🎶🎶
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Thanks to Stephen Paulus Music and Jake Runestad for their generosity in making this video possible, along, of course, with Voces8.
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"The Road Home," by Stephen Paulus; text by Michael Dennis Browne
© 2002; used with permission
More info: stephenpaulus....
"Let My Love Be Heard," by Jake Runestad; text by Alfred Noyes
© 2014, revised 2018; used with permission
More info: jakerunestad.c...
Voces8: voces8.com and voces8.foundation
Venue: St. Michael Catholic Church, St. Michael, Minn.
Recorded Feb. 19, 2020, by Classical MPR
For Classical MPR:
Video: Veronica Rodriguez, James Napoli
Audio: Cameron Wiley
Post-production: Venn Creative
Executive producer: Randy Salas

[@ioanagaby]

Let my love be heard Angels where you soar Up to God′s own light Take my own lost bird On your hearts tonight And as grief once more Mounts to heaven and sings Let my love be heard

[@birdlynn417]

Thank you. ❤

[@willib3946]

My favorite ensemble. More goosebumps and tears than I could count! You have been a complete joy and safe place for this old choral director. Thank you all!

[@birdlynn417]

😍❤

[@ioanagaby]

The road home Tell me, where is the road I can call my own That I left, that I lost So long ago? All these years I have wandered Oh, when will I know There's a way, there's a road That will lead me home Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo After wind, after rain When the dark is done As I wake from a dream In the gold of day Through the air there's a calling From far away There's a voice I can hear That will lead me home Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Rise up, follow me Come away, is the call With the love in your heart As the only song There is no such beauty As where you belong Rise up, follow me I will lead you home

[@TheCarsche]

This hands down is my favorite vocal ensemble. Their blends and harmonies are unbeatable. They show that they truly feel their music too

[@WibblyPigNZ]

Close harmony/dissonance doesn't get much better than this.

[@markferwerda7968]

This is the quality of music I heard every Friday evening at concerts in Stuttgart, Germany, at the Stiftskirche.

[@ulrichdannenbaum4472]

it is the old and famous "Stunde der Kirchenmusik" !!

[@mitts661]

Breathtaking performance! Separately, it amazes me to hear that disruptive audience cough in the still part of a piece. People: Bring a throat drop or quietly cough into your elbow!

[@gooddaysahead1]

Humans! Damn.

[@MrMarioman107]

This concert brings me to tears it's so beautiful-and right before the pandemic.

[@jameswilkinson1177]

Shoot I was at this performance. It was amazing.

[@gardenerkatecarter5911]

What a delight for us seniors in lockdown Thankyou so very much god bless each and everyone

[@christopherjcarson]

Voces8 are just a super group,a treasure to find,hazarding a guess I’m sure they have helped many pilgrims along the way with out realising it!

[@jessicamiramadi1132]

this is absolutely beautiful. I’ve seen both of these pieces performed separately in different years by different groups of people, and seeing the songs put together so smoothly brings warmth to my heart you couldn’t imagine :)

[@a1ar127]

I’ve watched a lot of Voces8 videos but somehow this made an impression…. Not perfect sound , but hearing them as we might really enjoy a concert…. Vs the studio productions

[@susanflakes6968]

OLA and I love you, Vladi...we all have many lands to conquer. yet..uou need to be strong and be here ...GRACE and PEACE multiplied...where you are weak..HE IS STRONG...

[@TheAlexSuarez]

the TRANSITION!

[@josecanale7055]

VOCES8 always amazing beauty and spiritual medicine

[@electroplus]

Spiritual medicine. Exactly x

[@jimrains4406]

What's not to like? Another tight, beautiful performance.

[@joesoy9185]

The coughing!

[@ezeonureinhard6381]

The bass🔥

[@panasonic3489]

Effortless perfection... as always

[@josecanale7055]

Exact description of this incredible choir that is a light in the night of our time From Argentina

[@electroplus]

@@josecanale7055 God bless x

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏

[@craigjohnson4809]

I appreciate everything your group sings, absolute perfection. Thank you for giving us this beauty. ❤

[@paulgerards6494]

The Lady in the purple dress makes my heart go BOOM !i :-) XX !!

[@aldenhislop4960]

So beautiful made me cry tiny soft salty pillows

[@joshuabrown3190]

Absolutely breathtaking! Thank you for posting.

[@solangebarros2049]

Belíssimo!!!

[@jorgereyes3221]

Really beautiful

[@mgeuleinstsear]

Two of my very favourite songs performed by them combined into one piece - awesome! So beautiful as always

[@eggizgud]

The depth, the richness!

[@clivespendlove3839]

Top quality, so great, my favourite vocal ensemble still. Thank you.

[@frogmouth]

Superb.Love the balance can hear all the parts

[@Ronilac]

Stunning !!!!🤩 Please find me a public that do not start coughing immediately...

[@ROGERS_A]

My LORD!!!

[@mikestubbs1708]

I can almost jump off to the third Heaven from that fantastic top note in the Road home!! Love it...many thanks!

[@dskim24]

I looked around to see if anyone commented on it. I normally don't like scooping up (and that's not really a scoop anyway), but in the context of the incredible discipline and discretion they use in no-nonsense phrasing and clarity, including that wonderful soprano, it makes that little grace note just an absolute emotional elixir. Stunning. Brought tears to my eyes for real. What a completely perfect moment. I have listened to their studio recording of this many times, but I found myself totally entranced by this recording (strangely at a different pitch, too). They are an incredible group, I plan to see them live some day.

[@otshepengmothoa7590]

Sensational ✨🕯️🔥

[@Rednaxela137]

Beautiful! I thought one of the tenors (red tie) was only singing “ooo” but there wasn’t any part singing “ooo” when there were words and realized he was trying to sing with “tall vowels”

[@davidgoliath8398]

Coming across this....beautiful

[@Paul.Morgan]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing this.

[@8413Lucas]

Sublime!

[@kimestella]

That was superb. Just wow.

[@cicalaurentino8893]

Lindo maravilhoso gratidão ❤

[@starman5754]

Awesome performance as usual for V8. What's up with the obnoxious audience noises throughout?

[@hannahh8119]

When, tell me, when will it be possible to sing together again? I am longing for this moment.

[@mohe5482]

I can't imagine how rge virus should go away. So times never will be as before? But this is from January 21 ????

[@tokenspirit6140]

......likewise

[@roberthodgins5740]

Beautiful

[@puopha]

Wonderful

[@pascalmayer-q8o]

💙💛

[@roverton67]

My mom always had mints or small hard candy when we sat in the pews during sermon

[@susanflakes6968]

Kelly, the one in blue..really likes you.. I don't lnow if you caught that or not...she sent me the video of you eating the cup of yogurt and her smiling on the side..you are loved and appreciated ...you are quite a character...

[@mohe5482]

This from January 2021 ???? No distancing, no masks, a lot cauphing?

[@ericvanhoven6692]

Uploaded, yes. Recorded on Feb. 19, 2020 it seems according to description.

[@clementine6760]

Are they singing in front of the Asthmatic Society or something?

[@jennifercook473]

Seriously. You coughing people need to stay home. This performance is being recorded.

[@carmellewis2466]

@@jennifercook473 We know it was you!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I dont think Voces8 are disturbed by this coughing, and after all coughing is usual amongst us. So concentrate on the music, not on the coughing, thats my advice.

[@clementine6760]

@@staffanolofsson8201 I didn't ask for advice condescending Staffan. I was making a light hearted comment which you clearly lack the wit to recognise.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@clementine6760 No, I understand your joke. Sorry to have offended you!

[@beverleyprice7468]

Can the audience shut up coughing and sniffing please!!! Do they not know this is being recorded? 🤧🤐😴🙄

[@mosart7025]

They have lots of studio albums... no coughing. They know it's a risk. That's why it's called "live".

[@vincentraxe]

Who the fuck would find the need to cough right then and there!??

[@ulrichdannenbaum1552]

oh those couphers .... they destroy so much ...

[@mosart7025]

Coughers? (Now I'm questioning my spelling! Stupid English phonetics). At first I thought you meant gophers... a little rodent in the US that destroys gardens and chews wires. I was so confused!

[@ulrichdannenbaum4472]

@@mosart7025 sorry ... my fault .... just a classic typo ....

[@carolwicklund3938]

The coughing did detract.

[@rosaleenrooney940]

I concur

[@mcc.o.4835]

Beautiful