The King's Singers:
Featuring:
Conductor of the MR Children’s Choir:
Morley
Hard by a crystal fountain
Wilbye
Weep, weep mine eyes
Morley
I love, alas, I love thee
Wilbye
Draw on, sweet night
Morley
Now is the Month of Maying
Libby Larsen
Four Valentines – A Lover's Journey
I. In the still garden
II. St Valentine’s Day
III. Will you, nill you
IV. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Saint-Saëns
Sérénade d’hiver
Morten Lauridsen
O nata lux
Bob Chilcott
A flower given to my daughter
Eric Whitacre
This Marriage
Mendelssohn
Three motets, op. 39
Péter Tóth
Buborékok
The Gift to be Simple (arranged: Bob Chilcott)
John David
You are the New Day (arranged: Philip Lawson)
Close Harmony – A selection of music from the lighter side of The King’s Singers repertoire
A period of 46 years, a repertoire of more than 2,000 musical works, over 150 records, two Grammy Awards, premières of some 200 contemporary works, and many thousands of sold-out concerts in Europe, the United States and the Far East. These are the numbers that speak for one of the best, if not the best a cappella vocal ensemble of our times, which made its debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 1 May 1968. The numbers only hint at the group’s unique qualities, however, which can only by fully appreciated on hearing its six male singers perform live. (Even the soprano parts are sung by a man, in a crystal-clear, astonishingly sonorous voice.) Despite the fact that, in almost five decades of its existence, a total of 22 singers have represented the group, The King’s Singers preserve an inimitable sound comparable only to the traditions represented by the Vienna or Berlin Philharmonics.
What makes these gentlemen truly unique is their ability to perform all kinds of music to a world-class standard, with the same enthusiasm, familiarity and professionalism, be it a Renaissance motet, mass, chanson, romantic chorus song, spiritual, contemporary work, or popular hit. They also love Hungary as regular visitors here, and yet it isn’t possible to hear them enough. They always appear with a new set of pieces, and always succeed in dazzling us. Perhaps no one sings Kodály’s Evening Song with such intimacy – and of course in Hungarian! What is more, the appearance of the MR Children’s Choir adds an exciting new element to this concert.
Presented by: Palace of Arts
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