Voix de Vivre

Chamber choir VOIX de VIVRE was formed in 2003 by well-known professional tenor Neil MacKenzie.
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03/07/2026

it's going to be a comfortably warm evening tonight so please join Voix de Vivre at Dagnall Street Baptist Church at 7.30pm for foot-tapping jazz from the choir and the Josh Gearing Trio plus Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir, followed by Tanya's famous nibbles and drinks. Tickets will be available at the door from 7pm - £18 (£5 for students).
Hear Tim talk about his love of Frank Martin's mass and Lesley talk about her love of Bob Chilcott's Little Jazz Madrigals.

30/06/2026

What might you hear if you come to our concert this Friday 3rd? Catharine talks about why she loves Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. Join us at Dagnall Street Baptist Church 7.30 Friday 3rd. https://www.ticketsource.com/voixdevivre/voix-de-vivre-summer-concert/e-glzqlb

19/05/2026

Tickets are now on sale for FRIDAY 3rd July, 7.30pm at Dagnall Street Baptist Church
Voix de Vivre presents a varied programme of choral music featuring Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. Composed in the 1920s, but not performed until 1963, it is recognised as one of the great masterpieces of unaccompanied choral music.

We are delighted to welcome The Josh Gearing Trio for the second part of our programme, which includes jazz works by two well known contemporary composers. Will Todd’s Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting embracing a variety of jazz styles. We round off the evening with Bob Chilcott's witty reworking of well-known 16th and 17th century pieces in his Little Jazz Madrigals, written in 2022.

Tickets £18.50 adults and £5.50 students and children https://www.ticketsource.com/booking/select/jznaprvorykn

31/03/2026

To our audience, thank you for coming to hear us last Saturday. An a-capella concert is the kind of challenge we love and we appreciated all the attentive faces!
Please put our next concert in your diaries, which will be on FRIDAY 3rd July. We will be singing two great contemporary masses: Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir and Missa Brevis by Will Todd.

Tickets will be available soon and we will announce it here.

27/03/2026

One day to go until the 28th when we line up at St Saviour's Church, St Albans with spring in our steps and in our voices!
We’ll be singing about the great British weather and all the lovely seasonal things we hear, see and consider at this time of the year. All in English (plus a very happy French piece).
The concert will be just over an hour with wonderful refreshments afterwards.
It’s £18 and £5 for children, a 7.30pm start and tickets will be available at the door.

This photo is a clue to one of the pieces we’ll be singing. Come and discover what it is!

04/03/2026

Only 3 weeks and 3 days to go until we make a welcome return to St Saviour's Church, St Albans. Join us on the 28th March at 19.30 to herald the arrival of Spring

Elgar’s O Wild West Wind and Bob Chilcott’s Weather Report remind us of the unpredictability of the British climate. A more tranquil mood is restored by the beauty of works by Mathias, Howells, Copland, Morley and EJ Moeran. Two classic 16th century chansons round off the concert.

Programme
O Wild West Wind – Edward Elgar
Songs of Springtime – E J Moeran
Revoici venir du printemps – Claude Le Jeune
Lark – Aaron Copland
April is in my mistress face – Thomas Morley
A May Magnificat – William Mathias
Bonjour mon coeur – Orlande de Lassus
Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing – Herbert Howells
Weather Report – Bob Chilcott

Tickets £18, students/unemployed £5
Buy tickets here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/voixdevivre

13/01/2026

Confirmed dates for 2026 - 28th March and 3rd July

Saturday 28th March 2026 St Saviour's Church, St Albans

Voix de Vivre heralds the arrival of Spring with an evening of mainly British choral works, seasoned with a little French and American spice.

Elgar’s O Wild West Wind and Bob Chilcott’s Weather Report remind us of the unpredictability of the British climate.A more tranquil mood is restored by the beauty of works by Mathias, Howells, Copland, Morley and EJ Moeran.

Two classic 16th century chansons round off the concert.

Book https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/voixdevivre

07/12/2025

To all our audience, a big thank you for coming to see us last night. We've had so many lovely compliments.
A Boy Was Born is rarely tackled because of its level of difficulty and it's great to have cracked it! We couldn't have done it without the beautiful sound and amazing skills of the chamber choir of St George's School, Harpenden.
In addition was the marvellous mini opera by Respighi, which was made special by our great wind players, double pianists and soloists. Please share if you have any photos.😊

03/12/2025

Only three sleeps to go until our concert at 7.30pm on December 6th at St Peter's church, St Albans, singing seasonal music
🎼 Britten's A Boy was Born,
🎼 Respighi's Laud to the Nativity plus
🎼 three carols old and new.
We're certainly challenging ourselves but we're up for it! We'll be joined by the excellent chamber choir St George's School, Harpendenden. We think you'll be blown away with all of it.
Buy tickets on the door or through Ticketsource https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/herts/st-peters-church/a-boy-was-born/2025-12-06/d-loqokltvbgneg

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Saint Albans

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http://voixdevivre.org/

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