Music video series features Chapel architecture
A new series of videos, commissioned by King's, has been released. Featuring music recorded live on Christmas Eve 2018, they present different aspects of King's College Chapel, the awe-inspiring building that has seen 100 years [...]
King’s releases Christmas Eve mini-film
A new 5-minute film that goes behind the scenes on Christmas Eve at King's has been released. Commissioned by King's, the film presents a little insight into the extraordinary preparations that take place before the [...]
A Requiem for Stephen
It was with great sadness that King's College learned of the death of Sir Stephen Cleobury last Friday, St Cecilia's Day. Stephen was Director of Music at King's from 1982 until his retirement only recently. [...]
A remarkable tradition reaches a milestone
Microphones hanging for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols As the sun set on 23 December 2018 and darkness fell, a small group of people huddled around a gas fire on the [...]
Announcing the third release in the Evensong Live series
Today we're announcing the next in the popular 'Evensong Live' series, to be released a week today on CD and to download and stream. Evensong Live 2019 is a collection of nearly 90 minutes of anthems [...]
Howells double album is released today
Released today on the King's College record label is a double album of music by Herbert Howells, recorded in the glorious acoustic of King's College Chapel. While it won't be his last recording with King's, it [...]
Shenandoah: our choral collection
One of our favourites tracks on our new album The Music of King's is James Erbs' arrangement of Shenandoah. We've even made a video of us in the recording session, which you can see on our [...]
New music video marks Chinese New Year
In celebration of Chinese New Year, a new music video for the Mandarin Chinese recording Second Farewell to Cambridge is has been released. This setting was created by distinguished English composer John Rutter and headlines the [...]
King’s album is best-seller
The most recent album on the King's College label, 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols, has enjoyed unprecedented success for the King's label, becoming the second-best-selling all-classical album in the UK during 2018. The album, [...]
1918: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
The new anniversary album. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. As we celebrate the anniversary with the release of 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols, we [...]