Ikon Arts News

Miss Marple, Sex and the City? - The popular theme tune takes on a new twist

Surely this year's most extraordinary chart contender is the single Evensong - a winning collaboration between legendary hit composers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley and award-winning a cappella octet VOCES8, which aims to propel choral music into the national best-sellers.

The result is Evensong - an intriguing version of Howard and Blaikley's unforgettable theme tune from BBC TV's Miss Marple featuring a haunting new lyric, combined with the glorious, beautifully blended voices of VOCES8.

The association between composers and group sprang from a serendipitous meeting at a charity concert which began with expressions of mutual admiration and quickly turned into a discussion as to how they might all work together.

The song tells the tale of a sophisticated teenage girl's attempt to lure a younger chorister away from his choral duties to the bright lights and temptations of the big city.

Just as Evensong dramatises the very contemporary conflict between traditional and permissive values, so the eponymous CD album reflects many facets of life in a wide spectrum of musical styles - ranging from pop to jazz to liturgy, enhanced by Jim Clements' innovative arrangements.

For more information please contact Costa Peristianis: costa@ikonarts.com evensong.org.uk