Main Program

Love is a many-splendored thing. In A Love Affair, we’re taking a look at the range of everyday romances that characterize our lives – and the heartache that accompanies them. Love can be as painful as it is magical. But the music it inspires is among the most beautiful and powerful there is.

Trad., arr. Gordon Langford – Blow away the morning dew
Trad., arr. Bob Chilcott – Con amores, la mi madre
Trad., arr. Gordon Langford – Bobby Shafto
John Mundy – Lightly she whipped o’er the dales
Michael Cavendish – Come, gentle swains
Edward Johnson – Come, blessed bird
Trad., arr. Carrington, adapted Gabbitas – Scarborough Fair
Trad., arr. Bob Chilcott – Greensleeves
Trad., arr. Simon Carrington – O my love is like a red, red rose
Gabriel Fauré, arr. Goff Richards – Le papillon et la fleur
Georges Auric, arr. Gordon Langford – Quand tu dors près de moi
Trad., arr. Daryl Runswick – Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß
Paul Patterson – Timepiece
Li Jian, arr. Kayfung Chan – Lake Baikal
Trad., arr. Miguel Esteban – The song of a travelling son
Frances Yip., arr. Philip Lawson – Shanghai Bann
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The King’s Singers
Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity, life-affirming energy and charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work, synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly to Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. Instantly recognisable for their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing. The King’s Singers are consummate entertainers.

The groups repertoire has evolved to become one of the most diverse and compelling imaginable. The King’s Singers have commissioned over 200 works, including landmark pieces from leading contemporary composers including Luciano Berio, Gyorgy Ligeti, Sir James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki. Toru Takemitsu, Sir John Tavener, Gabriela Lena Frank and Eric Whitacre. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits, explored medieval motets and Renaissance madrigals, and encouraged young composers to write new scores.

In addition to performing to capacity audiences and creating highly regarded and much-loved recordings. The King’s Singers share their artistry through numerous workshops and masterclasses around the world. In June 2017, the group will host their inaugural U.S. Summer Schoo-I at DePauw University, Indiana and in July 2017 will return for their 3rd U.K. Summer School at Royal Holloway (part of the University of London) where they are also Ensemble in Residence. Among the work supported by The King’s Singers Foundation, A Carol for Christmas is a composition competition that seeks to encourage young and up-coming composers, giving the winners the chance for their piece to be performed in King’s College Chapel (Cambridge, UK).

Double Grammy award-winning artists, the group were honoured in 2009 for their Signum Classics release. Simple Gifts, and again in 2012 for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album on Universal/Decca. Recently voted into Gramophone Hall of Fame, rave reviews and repeated sell-out concerts confirm that The King’s Singers remain one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles.