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 [...]
A brand new carol for Christmas Eve
Each year, a leading composer is commissioned to write a carol for the Choir to perform at A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve. The custom was instigated in 1983 with Stephen [...]
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 [...]