A collection of pieces old and new, with repertoire spanning four centuries and with six tracks commissioned especially for the album, Haven is centred around William Byrd’s Mass For Five Voices. Interspersed with this Mass setting is the opulent polyphony of Renaissance composer Philippe de Monte (also Byrd’s religious confidant), a twentieth-century spiritual by the “Dean of Black Women Composers” Undine Smith Moore, and new works and arrangements written for the group by Paul Smith, Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya and Apollo5 soprano Penelope Appleyard.

HAVEN

Kyrie from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd

Heaven-Haven – Paul Smith

Gloria from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd

Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi – Philippe de Monte

Sonnet 81 – Taylor Scott Davis

Credo from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd

We Shall Walk Through The Valley – spiritual arr. Undine Smith Moore

Life-giving Spring – Victoria Poleva

Easter Stikhere – Victoria Poleva

Sanctus & Benedictus from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd

Northern Lights – Ola Gjeilo

O Pia Virgo – Michael McGlynn

Agnus Dei from Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd

Angel – Sarah McLachlan arr. Penny Appleyard for Apollo5

Wayfaring Stranger – trad. arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5

Homeward Bound – Marta Keen arr. Paul Smith for Apollo5