King’s College announces new recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Today we've announced a new recording by the young American musician and former King's organ scholar Parker Ramsay. Bach's Goldberg Variations (arranged for Harp) is released on 18 September and is now available to pre-order. [...]
James Gilchrist presents A Guide to Bach’s St Matthew Passion
King's College has released a half-hour musical tour of Bach's St Matthew Passion, often described as one of the greatest sacred choral works of all time. Presented by the singer James Gilchrist, it uses musical [...]
A new webcast for every day
We announced this week that King's will be releasing a webcast recording of a choral service each and every day between now and July, in place of the choral services that would [...]
Recording of Bach Passion under Cleobury to be released
King's College has announced that it is to release a recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conducted by the late Sir Stephen Cleobury. Recorded during Holy Week [...]
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 [...]