SPRING 2022
The Sun Does Shine
Premiere of a new oratorio based on the inspiring true story of Anthony Ray Hinton, an innocent man who spent 30 years on Death Row
Music by Harvey Brough, lyrics by Justin Butcher
Sunday 27 February at 7pm, St Luke’s Church, Holloway
At the age of 28, Anthony Ray Hinton was wrongly convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to death by an Alabama court. He spent the next three decades yards away from ‘Big Mama’ – the electric chair – fighting to prove his innocence, before finally being released in 2015.
His remarkable story shows how love, compassion and a sense of humour can carry the human spirit through unimaginable hardship. He did not leave prison broken and embittered, but emerged with a capacity to forgive and to embrace life, and a determination to fight on for others betrayed by criminal justice system.
It’s a story with urgent relevance to us in the UK today. It confronts racism and the inbuilt injustices that keep prisoners locked up for years, while making a powerful case for the possibility of redemption, and celebrating the power of courage and hope.
World class soloists Wills Morgan, Christina Gill, Michael Henry and Clara Sanabras join the Vox Holloway, under the direction of Harvey Brough
AUTUMN 2021
Freedom Song returns to the Hackney Empire
The amazing true story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Music by Harvey Brough, lyrics by Justin Butcher
Banish the Covid blues with a song of redemption and triumph against all the odds. Join us at the Hackney Empire on Saturday 25th September. Book your tickets here. Listen in here
SPRING 2021
Virtual Vox sings Everything Must Change: Songs of Liberation and Transformation
Friday 26 March 2021 at 7.30pm. The video will be available until 7.30pm on Friday 2 April 2021. Donate here
New arrangements by Harvey Brough of standards by Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone and more…
With soloists, Christina Gill (alto), Clara Sanabras (soprano), Wills Morgan (tenor), Michael Henry (bass) and Rick Leigh (tenor), who were last seen together in our Hackney Empire gospel hit, Freedom Song.
Harvey Brough conducts an all-star band of Liam Dunachie (piano), David Le Page (strings), Oli Hayhurst (bass), Eleanor Turner (harp) and Chris Vatalaro (drums).
The concert is free, but all donations to our JustGiving page will go to our brilliant team of professional singers and musicians.
AUTUMN 2020
Virtual Vox sings Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
In new choral arrangements by Harvey Brough
A chance to sing one of the 20th century’s most celebrated albums, in 10 customised weekly rehearsals, which will bring Vox Holloway direct to your home
Directed by Harvey Brough, with warm-ups and sectional rehearsals by Christina Gill
Rehearsals begin Tuesday 15 September 2020. Click here to join
SPRING 2020
Vox returns to the Hackney Empire
FREEDOM SONG – When Gospel Came to the Empire
by Harvey Brough (music) and Justin Butcher (words).
Performed by Vox Holloway and the Hackney Empire choir
‘Sing it loud, sing it clear’
The inspiring true story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group of emancipated slaves who took to the road in 1871 to raise funds for their university and introduced the world to the riches of plantation spirituals.
At: Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, London, E8 1EJ
Sunday 29 March, 6pm
Click here for tickets: £10 – £35 (plus £1 per ticket online, £1.25 over the phone).
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