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.