Toward Paradise at South Main Baptist Church

Guest conductor Barnaby Smith, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Voces8, leads the Houston Chamber Choir in a program exploring the sacred choral tradition. Centered on Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir, one of the most powerful a cappella works of the 20th century, the evening unfolds as a sequence of reflections with movements of the Mass interwoven with music spanning five centuries. Smith's program is inspired by the sound world of VOCES8 and his Decca release Shall We Gather.