Singing on the River returns to the banks of the Cam
Geoff Robinson After a three-year hiatus, Singing on the River returned to the banks of the Cam on Sunday 26th June. The popular event saw the vocal group The King’s Men perform a [...]
Choir gets YouTube silver play button
King's College Choir has been awarded a silver play button for reaching 100,000 subscribers on its YouTube channel. The choristers, right, celebrated with a picture in front of the Chapel, holding the glamorous award. The [...]
King’s to release new Muhly recording
Acclaimed harpist Parker Ramsay is to release a recording on the King's College label of a new work for harp commissioned by King's College. The Street is a concert-length work for harp, plainsong and narration, [...]
King’s College Choir releases a new album for Christmas
In a period when it felt like time stopped, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge persevered. Under Daniel Hyde’s direction, their phrasing and elegant sense of pacing takes advantage of the extraordinary acoustic, creating something [...]
Trotter Duruflé gets critical acclaim
Thomas Trotter's recording of Duruflé's Complete Organ Works has won rave reviews across the board following its release this summer. Trotter, a former King's Organ Scholar, returned to the instrument he played as a [...]
Dwelling in Shadows – Ivor Gurney and William Denis Browne
This is a guest blog post by Dr Kate Kennedy, a Research Fellow at Oxford University. Music by Ivor Gurney and William Denis Browne is featured on the new recording Proud Songsters. And who loves joy as he That [...]
Rebecca Clarke and The Seal Man
This is a guest blog post by Christopher Johnson, a great-nephew of the composer Rebecca Clarke, whose piece The Seal Man is featured on the new recording Proud Songsters. A portrait of Rebecca Clarke, taken 21 July 1925, [...]
King’s alumni record new album of solo song
The first album of the new year on the label of King’s College, Cambridge is a journey through the distinctive musical genre of ‘English Song’, performed by some of the finest former members of the [...]
Apple Music adds time-synced lyrics to King’s carols
Subscribers to Apple Music can now find an option to view time-synced lyrics for Christmas carols sung by King's College Choir. The platform has published lyrics for all the carols featured on its Classic Christmas [...]
Choir records Fauré Requiem for Armistice Day
King's College has marked Armistice Day with the release of an audio webcast interspersing Fauré's Requiem with readings of scripture and poetry. It is the first recording of the full choir since the UK went [...]