In 2008 The King's Singers celebrated 40 years of music making. They perform over a hundred concerts every season and manage to fit in regular recording and teaching.
Their recent album
'Landscape and Time' ensured their place at the
apex of a cappella singing and classical music.
From medieval to masterpieces of the Renaissance; from lieder to folk, pop and jazz or with a contemporary commission from a leading composer, they are constantly expanding their repertoire.
Programme:
| Simple Gifts | |
| Arr. Lawson | Five English Folksongs to include I love my love, The water is wide and The Turtle Dove |
| Street Songs | |
| Orlandus Lassus | Dessus le marche d Arras |
| Pierre Passereau | Il est bel et bon |
| Orlandus Lassus | Paisible domaine |
| Clement Jannequin | Les cris de Paris |
| Romance du Soir | |
| Ciro Pinsuti |
Goodnight, goodnight beloved |
| J L Rogers | Hears not my Phyllis |
| Trad. arr. Sydney Lovatt | The little green lane |
| Sir Frederic Bridge | The Goslings |
| Sir Arthur Sullivan | The long day closes |
| "Old England" | |
| Edward Pierce | The Hunting the Hare |
| Thomas Ravenscroft | The courtier's good morrow to his mistress |
| William Cornish | Blow thy horn hunter Ah Robin |
| Thomas Ravenscroft | Three country Dances in One |
| "More Simple Gifts" |
Tickets £24, Seniors £22, Concert Society members £20,
Students and accompanied children under 16 £10
All programmes are subject to change by the artists.
The King's Singers are available for a workshop.
Photo by Marco Borggreve