I Carry Your Heart is an album with love at it's heart; a luminous new recording from the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra featuring the music of VOCES8's new Composer-in-Residence, Taylor Scott Davis. Released on 27 March 2026 on VOCES8 Records / Decca Classics and conducted by Barnaby Smith, the album is centred on Davis's powerful new six-movement Requiem, commissioned for VOCES8's 20th anniversary. Exploring hope through love's journey across life and death, this compelling programme offers a kaleidoscope of sublime melodies and richly interwoven choral and orchestral textures. Davis brings a distinctive contemporary voice to a work conceived as a Requiem for our times, open to listeners of all faiths or none. With exceptional artistry and emotional depth, i carry your heart is an essential new addition to the choral catalogue

Rose Ever Blooming honours the role of Mary in the story of Jesus, highlighting the importance of family and the eternally strong bonds between mother and son. Inspired by poetry by Patricia Monaghan, we have constructed a libretto featuring twelve of these poems. Traditional Christmas carols are woven together with this poetry, acting as musical touchstones while also supporting the themes and narratives in Monaghan's poetry. Each divine moment of the Christmas story is presented here with a human counterpart. These poems portray Mary in all her humanity and as a reluctant hero of the Christmas story. In Rose Ever Blooming, Mary's story is presented as a reflection from the end of her life, beginning with the Annunciation and ending with her own list of Beatitudes, praising the ordinary and the everyday blessings we take for granted. We see the onset of motherhood as a metamorphosis from ordinary girl to one who will "bring forth the future. " A new Magnificat, not praising an entity outside ourselves, recognizes the divine within all of us. It was refreshing to tell Mary's story through her eyes, and Monaghan's brilliant portrayal of her character shines through in these sensitive and poignant poems.