The Kings Singers  Tickets: £40 /£35 /£25
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_{Astonishing, exhilarating musicianship – GRAMOPHONE}

Seamless blend and pitch-perfect, liquid tone – WASHINGTON POST

The King’s Singers are a world-renowned British a cappella vocal ensemble, founded in 1968 by choral scholars from King’s College, Cambridge. Known for their impeccable blend, technical precision, and diverse repertoire—from Renaissance polyphony to pop arrangements—they have won multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards. With a rotating lineup of six male voices, the group continues to perform and record internationally, setting the standard for vocal ensemble singing.

Patrick Dunachie · First Countertenor
Edward Button · Second Countertenor
Julian Gregory · Tenor
Christopher Bruerton · First Baritone
Nick Ashby · Second Baritone
Piers Connor Kennedy · Bass

Programme

Angels
William Byrd – Haec dies †
Geoffrey Poole  – Prologue: Ave rex angelorum ( from Wymondham Chants) * †
Edward Bairstow  – Psalm 67

Demons
Geoffrey Poole  – Scherzo: Tutivillus ( from Wymondham Chants) * †
Arvo Pärt –  Zwei Beter
William Byrd  – Miserere mei Deus

Mother
Judith Bingham  – Ave virgo sanctissima
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  – Regina coeli †
Geoffrey Poole  – Prayer: Mary Modyr ( from Wymondham Chants) * †

Son
Hans Leo Hassler  – Cantate Domino †
Maurice Duruflé  – Ubi caritas
Geoffrey Poole  – Epilogue: Blessed Jesu ( from Wymondham Chants) * †

                       Interval

Songs of harmony and hope
The King’s Singers will perform a selection of their favourite pop, jazz, and folk songs chosen by Chris Bruerton to mark his last concert with the group.

* Written for The King’s Singers † Recorded in The King’s Singers discography

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