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AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING’S SINGERS Great music lies at the heart of everything we do. In tonight’s programme, all kinds of compositions by all kinds of musicians
sit side by side, to demonstrate just how rich, how dynamic and how diverse our world of great music is today – and just how much there is still for us all to discover.
ORLANDUS LASSUS
Dessus le marché d’Arras
CYRILLUS KREEK
Taaveti Laulud (Psalms of David)
PAUL PATTERSON
Timepiece
THE BEACH BOYS
The Lord’s Prayer
BOB CHILCOTT
Oculi omnium
ORLANDUS LASSUS
Ad te levavi
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saltarelle
STANLEY GLASSER
Uhambo Ngesitimela Lala Mntwana
Mambabo!
Interval
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Tonight’s second half is fuelled by the same lifeblood that guided the original six King’s Singers when they came together in 1968: a maverick spirit that held musical quality, storytelling and entertainment above everything else. Invigorating our rich musical heritage with some unexpected new surprises, Up close and personal opens up our vault of popular music, with stories
from our unique history thrown in, whilst also giving us a chance to share a glimpse of what’s to come.
AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING’S SINGERS Great music lies at the heart of everything we do. In tonight’s programme, all kinds of compositions by all kinds of musicians
sit side by side, to demonstrate just how rich, how dynamic and how diverse our world of great music is today – and just how much there is still for us all to discover.
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Otche Nash!
BOB CHILCOTT
Oculi omnium Thou, my love, art fair
We are
THOMAS TALLIS
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
MAURICE DURUFLÉ
Notre Père
GEOFFREY POOLE
Wymondham Chants
HAROLD ARLEN
Get happy! I’ve got the world on a string
It’s a new world
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Oh! I can’t sit down
Interval
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Tonight’s second half is fuelled by the same lifeblood that guided the original six King’s Singers when they came together in 1968: a maverick spirit that held musical quality, storytelling and entertainment above everything else. Invigorating our rich musical heritage with some unexpected new surprises, Up close and personal opens up our vault of popular music, with stories
from our unique history thrown in, whilst also giving us a chance to share a glimpse of what’s to come.
AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING’S SINGERS
Great music lies at the heart of everything we do. In tonight’s programme, all kinds of compositions by all kinds of musicians sit side by side, to demonstrate just how rich, how dynamic and how diverse our world of great music is today – and just
how much there is still for us all to discover.
STEVE MARTLAND
Poor Roger
JEAN SIBELIUS
Rakastava
WILLIAM BYRD
Tho’ Amaryllis dance in green
O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
FRANCIS POULENC
Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
ARVO PÄRT
Bogoróditse Djévo
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
The seasons of his mercies
PAUL SIMON
Paul Simon Medley
Interval
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Tonight’s second half is fuelled by the same lifeblood that guided the original six King’s Singers when they came together in 1968: a maverick spirit that held musical quality, storytelling and entertainment above everything else. Invigorating our rich musical heritage with some unexpected new surprises, Up close and personal opens up our vault of popular music, with stories
from our unique history thrown in, whilst also giving us a chance to share a glimpse of what’s to come.
GREAT MUSIC MUST SHINE. We want to take you on a new musical adventure to celebrate The King’s Singers’ 50th birthday. It’s an adventure that gives thanks for all the music that’s
defined our first fifty years, inspired by the unique maverick spirit that guided the original six King’s Singers to keep every performance as fresh and varied as
possible. We still share their mission today: the future of music deserves to shine as brightly as it can. This is about savouring the amazing diversity of music
and musicians in our world today, holding up composers, songwriters and singers of all kinds side by side to create something truly special.
Come and join us for the ride.
THIS IS GOLD.
THE FAMILY Henry Ley The Prayer of King Henry VI
Bob Chilcott We are*
THE JOY OF THE RENAISSANCE William Byrd Tho’ Amaryllis dance in green
Juan Vasquez Lagrimas de mi Consuelo
Orlandus Lassus Dessus le marché d’Arras
THE NEWCOMER Toby Hession Master of Music*
THE CHARM OF ART SONG Gabriel Fauré, arr. Goff Richards Le papillon et la fleur
Georges Auric, arr. Gordon Langford Quand tu dores près de moi
Roger Quilter, arr. Goff Richards Love’s philosophy
THE STORYTELLER Peter Louis van Dijk Horizons
THE ROMANCE OF FOLKSONG Trad, arr. Goff Richards Lamorna
Trad., arr. Bob Chilcott Shenandoah
Trad., arr. Bob Chilcott I bought me a cat
THE ENTERTAINER Joanna and Alexander Forbes-L’Estrange Quintessentially
Interval
THE FIRECRACKER Steve Martland Poor Roger
THE VISIONARY Nico Muhly To stand in this house*
THE PARTY BAG Classic audience favourites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style
from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire
* = New Anniversary Commission
GREAT MUSIC MUST SHINE. We want to take you on a new musical adventure to celebrate The King’s Singers’ 50th birthday. It’s an adventure that gives thanks for all the music that’s
defined our first fifty years, inspired by the unique maverick spirit that guided the original six King’s Singers to keep every performance as fresh and varied as
possible. We still share their mission today: the future of music deserves to shine as brightly as it can. This is about savouring the amazing diversity of music
and musicians in our world today, holding up composers, songwriters and singers of all kinds side by side to create something truly special.
Come and join us for the ride.
THIS IS GOLD.
THE FAMILY Henry Ley Domine, Jesu Christe
Bob Chilcott We are*
THE JOY OF THE RENAISSANCE Heinrich Schütz Das ist je gewißlich wahr
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
William Byrd Sing joyfully
THE HERALD Orlandus Lassus Musica Dei donum
THE BEAUTY OF THE ROMANTIC ERA Max Reger Morgengesang
Camille Saint-Saëns Romance du soir
Josef Abendlied Abendlied
THE MAVERICK Geoffrey Poole Tutivillus
THE POWER OF MODERN MUSIC Richard Rodney Bennett The bell doth toll
Eric Whitacre This marriage
Arvo Pärt Bogoróditse Djévo
THE VISIONARY Nico Muhly To stand in this house*
Interval
THE LOVE LETTER Bob Chilcott Thou, my love, art fair
THE MEDITATION Francis Poulenc Quatre petities prières de Saint François
d’Assise
THE PARTY BAG Classic audience favourites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style
from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire
* = New Anniversary Commission
GREAT MUSIC MUST SHINE. We want to take you on a new musical adventure to celebrate The King’s Singers’ 50th birthday. It’s an adventure that gives thanks for all the music that’s
defined our first fifty years, inspired by the unique maverick spirit that guided the original six King’s Singers to keep every performance as fresh and varied as
possible. We still share their mission today: the future of music deserves to shine as brightly as it can. This is about savouring the amazing diversity of music
and musicians in our world today, holding up composers, songwriters and singers of all kinds side by side to create something truly special.
Come and join us for the ride.
THIS IS GOLD.
THE FAMILY Henry Ley The Prayer of King Henry VI
Bob Chilcott We are*
THE JOY OF THE RENAISSANCE Claude le Jeune Revecy venir du Printans
Juan Vasquez Gentil señora mia
Ludwig Senfl Das G’läut zu Speyer
THE TRAVELLER Camille Saint-Saëns Les Marins de Kermor
THE ROMANCE OF FOLKSONG A selection of three folksongs from around the world, including
music from the country in which we’re performing
THE PHILOSOPHER Toru Takemitsu Handmade Proverbs
THE BOYBAND Lennon and McCartney, arr. Bill Ives I’ll follow the sun
Lennon and McCartney, arr. Bob Chilcott And I love her
Lennon and McCartney, arr. Paul Hart Honey pie
THE ENTERTAINER Joanna and Alexander Forbes-L’Estrange Quintessentially
Interval
THE BARD John Rutter Be not afeard*
THE VISIONARY Nico Muhly To stand in this house*
THE PARTY BAG Classic audience favourites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style
from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire
* = New Anniversary Commission
C O M M U N I O The Christian Mass service is a living, breathing rite; a ritual that has its roots in the last supper in c.30AD, and that has developed organically over centuries into what is a piece of theatre as much as an act of devotion. In its current form, the service is such that the particular musical and rhetorical elements are arranged to create a sense of drama and climax as the Mass unfolds. This shape, and its different textual components, are the basis of our concert programme. From plainchant introit, through mass movements by the great composers of the Renaissance, to a creed which speaks to modern issues and a musical sermon which sets ancient oratory in contemporary musical language, Communio is a sequence that explores some of the greatest compositions of the last thousand years. Come with us to explore this remarkable ritual in the best way we know: through its music.
Plainchant – Rorate coeli Josquin des Prez – Pater Noster Thomas Tallis – In manus tuas
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) Alonso Lobo – Gloria (from Missa Maria Magdalene)
Orlandus Lassus – Domine Dominus noster Richard Rodney Bennett – The seasons of his mercies
Bob Chilcott – We are Maurice Duruflé – Ubi caritas
William Byrd – Ave verum corpus Jean Richafort – Sanctus and Benedictus (from Missa Pro Defunctis)
Max Reger – Das Agnus Dei Francis Poulenc – Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
Nico Muhly – To stand in this house (excerpt) Orlando Gibbons – Almighty and everlasting God
Cyrillus Kreek – Õnnis on inimene Plainchant – Rorate coeli
The programme is to be performed as a sequence, with one announcement at the beginning to explain the musical journey through a traditional Mass.
ROYAL BLOOD
Life in Tudor England was turbulent. Rich for its art, thought and science, but plagued by religious and social upheaval – in
no small part because of the erratic mind of the period’s foremost king, King Henry VIII. Royal Blood investigates his life and
his legacy, from music of his court in the early sixteenth century, then to his daughter Queen Elizabeth I and her love for
music, then further into the seventeenth century. By delving into the cultural psyche of that time and exploring music on
themes of life, death, health and love, we unravel the drama that characterised life at the mercy of some of England’s most
intriguing and unpredictable monarchs.
King Henry VIII Pastime with good companie
William Byrd Ne irascaris, Domine - Civitas sancti tui
William Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
Benjamin Britten Choral dances from Gloriana
Thomas Weelkes As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending
Thomas Tomkins When David heard
Henry Purcell I was glad
Richard Rodney Bennett The seasons of his mercies
Interval
Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott Greensleeves
Trad. arr. Goff Richards Lamorna
Trad. arr. Gordon Langford The Oak and The Ash
Trad. arr. Gordon Langford Bobby Shaftoe
A selection of songs – to be announced during the concert – in The King’s Singers’
signature close-harmony style.