Voces8 U.S. Scholars: Wayfaring Stranger

The Voces8 U.S. Scholars, the U.S.-based training ensemble of the acclaimed British vocal group Voces8, perform Paul Smith’s arrangement of the traditional song “The Wayfaring Stranger” - recorded exclusively for Minnesota Public Radio at its flagship studio in St. Paul. “I was drawn to arrange this beautiful folk song both for the melody and for the universal themes that lie within the text,” says Smith, who leads the Scholars. “… I hope this choral arrangement allows the singers to find a path through the music that is both moving for the audience and fun to sing.”
This arrangement ©2023 by Paul Smith and Voces8 Publishing. All rights reserved. Used with kind permission of the composer and publisher. Find out more and purchase at www.voces8.com/sheet-music.

[@emilypritchard759]

Can’t wait to meet them this fall❤

[@simplysmittyschmitt1112]

This set the same heartstrings vibrating as the elegy Beowulf; such poignant longing in those voices!

[@justin.morgan71]

Very beautiful, thank you!

[@davidwhite8627]

For me, it didn't quite hit the mark. The singing was very fine, but the arrangement had some weak spots and didn't seem to utilize the voices as well as it could have.