Last Friday we released a new single from our forthcoming album 'Infinity' - 'Heyr himna smiður' is a beautiful Icelandic hymn and one of our favourite pieces on the album. You can watch the whole video (and find links to stream the single) here: https://Voces8.lnk.to/InfinityFP/YouTube On July 4th, we'll be giving this hymn it's VOCES8 concert premiere as part of the first concert for our Live From London Summer 2021 festival! Find tickets on the festival website. | Voces8

Kolbeinn Tumason (1173–1208) was a member of the Ásbirningar family clan, and was one of the most powerful chieftains in Iceland around the turn of the 13th century. He is best known for composing the hymn Heyr himna smiður (English: "Hear, Smith of heavens") on his deathbed. It is now a classic and often-sung Icelandic hymn. The music that accompanies the text was composed by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938–2013) Original lyrics: Heyr himna smiðr hvers skáldit biðr; komi mjúk til mín miskunnin þín

Enjoy your day! Here we are singing the 13th century Icelandic hymn "Heyr, himna smiður" at a train station in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2013. The text for "Heyr, himna smiður" was written by Kolbeinn Tumason in 1208. The music was composed in the 1970s by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013), one of Iceland's foremost contemporary composers. When the video was shot we had just finished playing a show at the venue Bürgerbahnhof Vohwinkel. The performance was completely spontaneous, but we're very gra