Distinguished Concerts International New York presents "Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz and Eric Whitacre". Eric Whitacre will conduct a programme of some his own music alongside a selection of pieces by special guest, Broadway legend, Stephen Schwartz, at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York on 30 March 2014. The concert will feature a 250-voice strong choir, brought together by DCINY especially for
Hot on the heels of Tenebrae’s Choral prize at the 2012 BBC Music Magazine Awards for their recording of Victoria Requiem, their latest album on Signum Classics, another Victoria offering in the form of his infamous Tenebrae Responsories, has been given the seal of approval by the Magazine, naming it Choral & Song choice of the month. Saying of the disc: “This Victoria recording is
On Thursday 31 October, The King's Singers will be taking to the stage in St. Petersburg's famous Grand Philharmonic Hall for a performance of Great American Songbook as part of the Fourth International Festival of Chamber Music Programme. Wagner, Tchaikowsky, Liszt, Sibelius, Strauss, Rachmaninov and many other eminent musicans have performed on the stage, but this is The King's Singers first visit to the hall.
On Wednesday 16 October, The King's Singers will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall, marking the release of their album "Great American Songbook". The sold-out concert will take place in the Elgar Room, an intimate setting for just 150 audience members, with the group performing hit tracks from their new disc, including "Let's Misbehave" and "Beyond the Sea". The album comprises 17 brand new a
Auditions for Disney’s World of Color Honor Choir have now closed having received 1476 videos from 6798 registered users. Each one of the 50 states is represented as well as submissions from Puerto Rico. The Honor Choir will perform “Glow”, written by Eric Whitacre especially for this project, for the first time on November 15 as part of the World of Color – Winter Dreams
The King's Singers new album, "Great American Songbook" is now on sale. The two disc album contains seventeen brand-new a cappella and eight orchestral arrangements by renowned jazz composer and arranger Alexander L'Estrange, and is a tribute to some of the most enduring and influential American popular songs of the 20th century, featuring the best of Cole Porter, Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, Irving Berlin, Harold
