Eric Whitacre will conduct a BBC Proms concert on Sunday 9 August with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Royal Albert Hall. This offers the opportunity to hear the European premiere of Eric's new piece "Deep Field" based on the Hubble Deep Field images and to take part in the performance with a mobile app. He'll be joined by Martin James Bartlett on piano for a
After more than 25 years singing with The King’s Singers, I've decided the time has come to move over and allow someone else the fantastic opportunity to be the group’s 1st Countertenor. I will be leaving in August 2016, so have many more concerts to sing between now and then. It is such a privilege to be a part of The KS. I’d like to thank Simon, Alastair, Bob,
Live at Minnesota Public Radio’s UBS Forum, Eric Whitacre will join co-host Brian Newhouse to discuss the creation of his most recent work, “Deep Field” which will premiere with the Minnesota Orchestra in concert May 8-10 at Orchestra Hall. The event will be webcast live on YourClassical.org and will be available as an archived stream thereafter. Eric and Brian will be joined by composer Steven Bryant whose “Ecstatic
"There’s an unpredictable, unbridled character to the clarinet writing, which Bliss exploited with energy, wit and compassion." The Irish Times on Julian Bliss's performance of the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the RTE Symphony Orchestra on Friday 17th April.
Their lives as King’s Singers allows the group to travel to some incredible countries, meeting people from such vibrant, enthusiastic and culturally rich backgrounds, focussing on both music and education. Next month is no exception! In early May the group travels to Czestochowa, Poland to perform in the Gaude Mater Festival on Saturday 2 May. This incredible institution has been running for over 20 years, showcasing the city
Arts Technologica, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 next Monday at 4pm BST, explores how musicians use the internet to create and distribute their work as network speeds increase. As part of the program, Martha Lane Fox talks to Eric Whitacre about the development on the Virtual Choir with ever-developing technology. The program will be available on BBC iPlayer shortly after broadcast.
On Friday 17th April, Julian joined conductor David Brophy and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to perform the beautiful Nielsen Clarinet Concerto. Long considered one of the most difficult concertos, it requires technical prowess from both orchestra and soloist alike. On the surface a busy, fast-paced concerto, but listen to what is happening underneath, it is full of amazing textures and harmonies. The performance was broadcast live
with Timothy Wayne-Wright and Jonathan Howard live from Venice, Italy Monday 13 April 2015, 11:00 KS time | 10:00 GMT+1 | 17:00 GMT+8 Interpreting your score So often we feel bound to follow everything that's written into our scores: tempi; dynamics; pitch; you name it. We think that you shouldn't feel obliged to follow every marking you see. In this Google Hangout, King's Singers Tim
The first date of the Julian Bliss Septet's US Tour in January 2016 has been announced. The Septet will bring their Benny Goodman programme to the stage of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday 30 January and tickets are now on sale. More dates to be announced soon...
The King's Singers are pleased to announce that their latest disc, Il Trionfo di Dori, is now available on physical and digital purchase. The madrigal, that most polished form of secular choral music, first emerged in Italy in the 1530s, supplanting a rather more unsophisticated repertoire of secular songs. Italian madrigal composers were soon vying with one another to express the meaning of the text as fully
