King’s becomes curator on Apple Music
King's College has launched as a curator on Apple Music, the digital music and video streaming service. As a curator, the College will publish its own specially-created playlists exploring the history of the College [...]
100th anniversary celebrated with double CD release
For many, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the sound of carols sung from King’s College Chapel, and each year on Christmas Eve millions around the world enjoy A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast [...]
Richard Gowers records on the King’s label
Former Organ Scholar Richard Gowers has recorded Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur for the King's College record label, with the album due for release on 21 September. Richard, who was at King's from 2014-17, is the first Organ [...]
King’s supports new music with Grier ‘lit by holy fire’
Today King's releases a live recording of the first performance of Francis Grier's lit by holy fire – a setting of vespers first sung in King's College Chapel as part of the regular choral services in [...]
New Director of Music appointed at King’s
Daniel Hyde (Photo: Hugh Warwick) The Provost and Fellows of King’s College, Cambridge are delighted to announce the appointment of Daniel Hyde as Director of Music at King’s, to take office on 1 [...]
Sermon before the University & Verdi Te Deum released
Choral Matins in King's College Chapel on Sunday 13 May, including the annual Semon before the University, has been released as a webcast on the King's College website. This unique occasion in the Cambridge year [...]
Etty Hillesum event released as webcast
An event from the Easter at King's Festival, Blazing Harmonies: the Spirit of Etty Hillesum, has been made available as an audio webcast, in full. The event is a performance based on extracts from the [...]
Digital EP celebrates King’s Singers 50th
A recording of the world premiere performance of a piece written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the King's Singers has been made available to pre-order. To stand in this house, composed specially by New York-based [...]
New album of Byrd motets released
King's College Choir has released a new recording of Byrd motets, presented in the order in which they appear in the pre-Reformation church year. One of the most celebrated English composers of the Renaissance, William [...]
King’s Men launch ‘Love from King’s’
The King's Men recording in Chesterton The Choral Scholars of King's College Choir, under their a cappella group name The King's Men, have today released a new album of close harmony music. Love from King's is an [...]