London Voices: Video Games Go Choral

Halo meets Howells and BioShock Infinite encounters Arvo Pärt, as London Voices explores the fantastic world where choral music meets video gaming.

Civilisations rise and fall, a lonely robot tends a lush new planet, and a princess of Hyrule strives to bring harmony. The universe of computer gaming has always gone hand-in-hand with choral music – with games like So Let Us Melt, Portal and Abzû inspiring some of the most original sounds of our time. Now composer Jessica Curry and conductor Ben Parry have created a sequence of choral music from great games, paired with the classics – by Pärt, Howells, Vaughan Williams and more – that influenced them. Performed by London Voices, these beloved scores have never sounded more vibrant.

Please note, this concert does not include video projections.

This concert is part of our 300th anniversary celebrations.

Programme:
Martin O’Donnell Halo Theme (from Halo)
Hildegard von Bingen Hodie aperuit
Trad Will the Circle be Unbroken (from BioShock Infinite)
Albert Brumley I’ll fly away
Austin Wintory Then were created the Gods in the midst Of Heaven (from Abzû)
Vaughan Williams Full Fathom Five
Trad The Parting Glass (from Assassin’s Creed IV)
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
Jessica Curry So let us melt (from So Let us Melt)
Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight

Leo Kaliski Sacred Flame (from World of Warcraft)
Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque
Krasimir Kyurkchiyski Pilentze Pee (A little bird is singing) (from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
Caroline Shaw and the swallow
Christopher Tin Baba Yetu (from Civilisation IV)
Jacques Arcadelt Pater Noster
Jessica Curry Rest With Your Dream

Herbert Howells Requiem Aeternam II
Arvo Pärt Solfeggio
Universal
Jonathan Coulton Still Alive (from Portal)

Performers:
London Voices
Ben Parry director
Jessica Curry curator