Tenebrae's latest recording, Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories released on Signum Records will feature as Disc of the Week on BBC Radio 3′s CD Review on Saturday 5 October 2013. Tracks from the disc will be played at approximately 11:50am, along with comments from the presenter. The broadcast will also be available on iPlayer for the following week, which can be accessed here.
"Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us." --Martin Luther Eric will be conducting the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in a special concert in the beautiful Großer Saal in Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle on Thursday 31 October 2013. The programme includes Arvo Pärt’s Passio (Johannespassion) with
Eric Whitacre has teamed up with Disney’s World of Color to create the World of Color Honor Choir, inspired by Eric's virtual choirs, who will perform as part of the Winter Dreams holiday show. Eric has written a new piece, "Glow", especially for the show and singers from the United States and its territories aged 18 and older can record and submit their auditions online.
Erci Whitacre's Virtual Choir 1: 'Lux Aurumque' has reached a record-breaking milestone, with over 4 million views on YouTube. VC1 was launched in March 2010 and featured online performances by 185 singers. To view the video, please click here.
"Oculi Omnium" by Bob Chilcott has become a staple piece in The King's Singers repertoire and is performed as part of a number of programmes across the world. First recorded on the album High Flight, the piece was written for the group and is based on the text of Psalm 145, verse 15. The music for this beautiful piece has now been published on KS music
Eric Whitacre will be hosting a workshop with Hamburg Symphony Orchestra on 31st October 2013 in Großer Saal in Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle . The repertoire of the workshop will include Bach chorales and some of Eric's own pieces. The workshop will be followed by an evening concert, where the workshop participants will be given the chance to perform in front of an audience. The concert will also involve a performance of Arvo Pärt’s Passio (Johannespassion) with Eric
Two of Western Europe’s greatest choral composers Carlo Gesualdo and Francis Poulenc celebrate important anniversaries in 2013, and The King’s Singers have chosen to pay homage to them and their musical legacies in their programme, 2013: A Year of Anniversaries. Four hundred years after his death in 1613, Carlo Gesualdo is regarded as one of, if not the most exciting choral visionaries of his time.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2: Sleep is the sound-track to a new PSA, created by Globe-athon and NASA, to raise awareness for women's cancers world-wide. On September 29 participants from over 80 countries, including Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, and Ireland, will be walking in solidarity with the millions of women and their families who are affected by these deadly diseases, all in the name of Globe-athon,
Following the success of their BBC Music Magazine Award-winning Victoria Requiem recording, Tenebrae return to the sublime music of Tomás Luis de Victoria on Signum with this recording of his timeless Tenebrae Responsories. The works mix the words of the Gospels with other texts commenting on collective suffering written around the 4th century, and would traditionally have been performed as part of a moving service
The King's Singers began the 2013 - 2014 season with a week of recording in the stunning setting of Ascot Priory. Due for release in Spring 2014, "Trionfo di Dori" is a collection of 29 Italian madrigals published in 1592, having been commissioned by an Italian noble as a wedding present to his bride. The collection represents many of the major composers of teh day,
