The King's Singers

The King's Singers
General information
origin	Cambridge , UK
Genre (s)	a cappella , pop , classic
founding	1968
Website	www.kingssingers.com
Founding members
Countertenor 1	Martin Lane
Countertenor 2	Alastair Hume
tenor	Alastair Thompson
Baritone 1	Richard Salter
Baritone 2	Simon Carrington
bass	Brian Kay
Current occupation
Countertenor 1	Patrick Dunachie
Countertenor 2	Edward Button
tenor	Julian Gregory
Baritone 1	Christopher Bruerton
Baritone 2	Nick Ashby
bass	Jonathan Howard

The King's Singers are a six-piece a cappella ensemble from Great Britain . Their name refers to King's College in Cambridge , England , where this group was founded in 1968 by former choir scholars . In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s. In addition, after their first overseas tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1972, they also managed to reach a wider international audience. In 1987, they appeared as guests in the ABC TV special Julie Andrews: The Sound Of Christmas , which won an Emmy . In February 2009, her CD Simple Gifts won a Grammy Award in the " Best Classic Crossover Album " category . At the 54th Grammy Awards in February 2012, they and Eric Whitacre received a prize in the “ Best Choral Performance ” category for the album Light and Gold , on which they performed the title The Stolen Child , which Whitacre made especially for the ensemble was written.

Today the ensemble performs around 120 concerts a year around the world, mainly in Europe , the USA , Australia and the Far East . The People's Republic of China has also been part of their tour list for some time , and in 2013 the ensemble went on a concert tour through South America for the first time. In 2018 the King's Singers celebrate their 50th anniversary. The group is celebrating this special anniversary with a number of different activities. This includes a dinner with the former members. In addition, they have released the three-part album GOLD, which is intended to reflect the extraordinary diversity of their repertoire over the past 50 years. It contains antique motets as well as brand new commissions and many popular arrangements. On their anniversary tour - the GOLD World Tour - they make stops around the world in large concert halls and churches, for example in Carnegie Hall in New York or in the Salle Gaveau in Paris. In their homeland in Great Britain, the King's Singers celebrated their anniversary at the beginning of 2018 with two special concerts. The first took place on January 13th in St. John's in Smith Square, London, at which almost all former members were also present. The second they created 3 days later in the chapel of their spiritual home, King's College in Cambridge.

history

Early years

The roots of the King's Singers go back to 1965 when six choir students at King's College at Cambridge University named Martin Lane, Alastair Hume, Alastair Thompson , Richard Salter , Simon Carrington and Brian Kay under the name Schola Cantorum Pro Musica Profana recorded a joint album in Cantabridgiense . This group gave their first concert under the name of King's Singers on May 1, 1968 in Queen Elisabeth Hall, London , together with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields , Simon Preston ( organ ) and Barry Tuckwell ( horn ). Just a few months later there were first changes in the composition of the ensemble. First, in 1968, the countertenor Martin Lane withdrew from the ensemble due to a tumor disease. In the following years, this was alternately replaced by Felicity Palmer , Eleanor Capp, Caryl Newnham, James Bowman or Richard Baker, until in the summer of 1969 Nigel Perrin, after completing his studies, was able to join the ensemble as an integral part and new first countertenor. In addition, baritone Richard Salter left the ensemble in 1969 because he received a Richard Tauber scholarship and went to Vienna. As a result, Nigel Beavan took his part until the end of the year. Then Anthony Holt joined the ensemble, who was already first choice for the position of first baritone after Salter's departure, but initially rejected engagement due to his secure employment and the still relatively low level of awareness of the ensemble. With Holt's entry a stable formation emerged again, which lasted until Alastair Thompson's departure after the ten-year anniversary in 1978.

Establishment

In their early years, the King's Singers performed primarily in Great Britain. Occasionally they also performed in other European countries, but their ensemble activity was still exclusively part-time. Simon Carrington and Alastair Hume, for example, were both employed as double bass players in the BBC Northern Orchestra (now the BBC Philharmonic ) in Manchester . With the offer of a 35-part concert tour through Australia and New Zealand in 1972, they decided to carry out their work full-time. That was the beginning of their international success. Trips to South Africa , Canada , the USA and all over Europe followed. During the touring breaks, they work on albums for their record company EMI or appear on radio and television programs. The highlights of the first 10 years were guest appearances on the Nana Mouskouri Show and the Ronnie Corbett Show, her own show - the King's Singers World of Music - as well as multiple awards with gold records .

After that long time, the group assumed that if a member of the King's Singers decided to leave the group, that would inevitably mean the end of the ensemble. It was believed that it would be impossible to find a suitable new singer, let alone integrate him. However, when Alastair Thompson decided to leave the ensemble in 1978, their contractual obligations went so far into the future that it was impossible to quit. So when he switched to Bill Ives, an ensemble member was exchanged for the first time. The following time included a film about the Madrigal History Tour, the collaboration with Paul McCartney on the " Frog Choir ", the first trip to East Asia, regular appearances in Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in the USA, the start of a publishing company and the publication a book on the ensemble's outstanding projects.

Gradually there were further changes, so that today no founding member is an active part of the ensemble. Former members now include David Hurley, Paul Phoenix, Timothy Wayne-Wright, Christopher Gabbitas, Jeremy Jackman, Colin Mason, Bob Chilcott , Stephen Connolly, Bruce Russell, Philip Lawson , Nigel Short, Gabriel Crouch and Robin Tyson.

The current ensemble consists of the following people:

• Patrick Dunachie, Countertenor 1, since 2016
• Edward Button, Countertenor 2, since 2019
• Julian Gregory, tenor , since 2014
• Christopher Bruerton, baritone 1, since 2012
• Nick Ashby, baritone 2, since 2019
• Jonathan Howard, bass , since 2010

So there are now 28 official members of the King's Singers . Special mention should be made of Alastair Hume and Simon Carrington, who were founding members of the ensemble for over 25 years, and David Hurley, who left the ensemble in August 2016 after 26 ¹ ⁄ ₂  years of membership. The King's Singers currently have a non-UK member, New Zealander Christopher Bruerton, for the first time, and Patrick Dunachie, a graduate of King's College, after a long time.

Around the year 2000, the King's Singers called themselves king'singers for short (with a small k at the beginning and just an s in the middle). This is evidenced by the cover of the CD Fire-Water and some sheet music.

today

Today the King's Singers are on concert tour around the world for more than half of the year. They perform both alone and with company. For example, they have already worked in concerts and CD productions with the Ensemble Sarband , the Philharmonie Südwestfalen , Evelyn Glennie , the Mormon Tabernacle Choir , the Concordia Choir and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. In 2014 they produced a winter album together with the oboist Albrecht Mayer . As a rule, the King's Singers release at least one new album a year. In addition, they are in great demand as lecturers for ensembles of all sizes and organize master classes and workshops every year .

Style and repertoire

The King's Singers are known for their special ensemble sound. This is mainly due to their initially quite unusual composition. As a rule, six-part British-style male ensembles consist of two counter tenors , two tenors and two basses or, instead of two basses, one baritone and one bass. The King's Singers instead consist of two counter tenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass. This formation, which at the beginning came about by chance, leads to a greater sonority in the lower voices and thus to the characteristic sound feature of the group.

In terms of their repertoire, the King's Singers have a wide range, so that they can not really be categorized in relation to a certain genre . Their program includes, among other things, polyphonic works from the Renaissance , sounds from the Romantic Age , works by contemporary composers, religious pieces of music or arrangements of current folk and pop songs in "close harmony" . They sing in a wide variety of languages, in addition to English, often also in French, Italian, Spanish, German or Latin. Over the years, a collection of over 3000 different works and arrangements has accumulated in her personal library. From this stylistic abundance, the King's Singers usually present a small but stylistically broad selection in most of their concerts (for example from “ Byrd to Bublé ”), so that hardly any concert is the same as another. Her aim is not only to entertain the audience with her fine British humor , but also to broaden their musical horizons. Listeners who come to the concerts because of the pop arrangements are introduced to the literature of the Renaissance, for example, and of course vice versa .

The King's Singers have always worked regularly with contemporary composers. The long list of composers who have written specifically for the ensemble includes names such as György Ligeti , Richard Rodney Bennett , Eric Whitacre , Luciano Berio , Peter Maxwell Davies , Krzysztof Penderecki , John Rutter , Tōru Takemitsu , John Tavener and Alexander L'Estrange. In addition, some members also arranged for the ensemble themselves. In this context, the extensive work by Bob Chilcott and Philip Lawson deserves special mention.

Part of the King's Singers repertoire is available in the form of music books and single editions. This enables amateur ensembles to sing after popular original arrangements.

Reception and appreciation

The King's Singers, along with the Swingle Singers, are widely regarded as one of the world's best singing ensembles according to western cultural standards. If you focus on the singing of men in ensembles - the Swingles are a mixed ensemble - then the King's Singers are possibly the best male singing ensemble in the world, and have been for about 50 years. Before the King's Singers, the Comedian Harmonists were considered to be the best professional vocal ensemble ever for almost half a century, especially due to the fact that they could perform from around 250 pieces ready for performance at any time. The King's Singers set this record of pieces ready for performance a long time ago.

occupation

The following table gives an overview of the different line-ups over time from the pre- King's Singers era to the present day.

Timeline of the King's Singers line-up
Pitch	1960s										1970s																				1980s																				1990s																				2000s																				2010s
	5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9
Countertenor 1	Martin Lane *								Nigel Perrin																							Jeremy Jackman																			David Hurley																																																					Patrick Dunachie
Countertenor 2	Alastair Hume																																																										Nigel Short														Robin Tyson																Timothy Wayne-Wright																				Edward Button
tenor	Alastair Thompson																											Bill Ives														Bob Chilcott																								Paul Phoenix																																		Julian Gregory
Baritone 1	Richard Salter **								Anthony Holt																																						Bruce Russell																Philip Lawson																																Christopher Bruerton
Baritone 2	Simon Carrington																																																										Philip Lawson				Gabriel Crouch																Christopher Gabbitas																														Nick Ashby
bass	Brian Kay																																			Colin Mason										Stephen Connolly																																														Jonathan Howard

* After Martin Lane's illness, the following people temporarily took up the position of first countertenor: Felicity Palmer , Eleanor Capp and Caryl Newnham (sopranos) and James Bowman and Richard Baker (countertenors).

** After Richard Sater's departure, Nigel Beavan has now taken up his position.

All of the representatives listed below are not listed as full and official members of the ensemble. For this reason, the number of previous King's Singers members is usually stated as 28. This results in an average length of stay of around 11 years per member in the ensemble since it was officially founded in 1968.

Activities of former members

Many former members of the King's Singers continue to work in the field of (choral) music, for example countertenor Nigel Short with Tenebrae , baritone Gabriel Crouch as a lecturer at a US university, baritone Simon Carrington as a professor at Yale University (USA) , and tenor Bob Chilcott and baritone Philip Lawson as composer and arranger.

Discography

The King's Singers today have a discography of over 150 image and sound carriers. The following overview gives an insight into this extensive collection.

King's Singers albums (excluding best of albums)

1970s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
1971	Encore	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay	Gordon Langford Trio	Music club	LP
1972	History of Scottish music	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay	Kenneth Elliott		LP
	The King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
	Captain Noah and his floating zoo	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay	Joseph Horovitz , Daryl Runswick , Roy Jones, Steve Gray, Brian Odges, Alf Bigden	Vocalion	LP
1973	A french collection	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	Deck the Hall: Songs for Christmas	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP, CD
1974	Madrigal Collection	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
	Out of the blue	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
1975	Contemporary collection	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	Keep on changing	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
	Lollipops	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
1976	A capella	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
	Both sides of the King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay			LP
	Concert collection	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	The King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay			LP
	The King's Singers swing	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
1977	mime	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
	Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah / Byrd: Motets	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay			LP
1978	10 th Anniversary Concert Vol. 1	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	10 th Anniversary Concert Vol. 2	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	Continental collection	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP
	The King's Singers sing German folk songs	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
	Tempus fugit	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
1979	Atlantic bridge	Perrin, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP

1980s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
1980	This is The King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Thompson / Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
	A capella, too	Perrin, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
	Festive Christmas with the King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay	City of London Sinfonia	Aves	LP, CD
	Victorian Collection	Perrin, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
	New Day	Perrin / Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
1981	The King's Singers sing German folk songs, episode 2	Perrin / Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Aves	LP
	A portrait of the King's Singers	Perrin, Hume, Thompson / Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP, CD
	Believe in music	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay	Goff Richards, Paul Hart, Chris Walker	Aves	LP
1982	For your pleasure	Perrin, Hume, Thompson, Holt, Carrington, Kay		Music for Pleasure	LP
	Sing we and chant it	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		EMI	LP
1983	By request	Perrin / Jackman, Hume, Thompson / Ives, Holt, Carrington, Kay		MMG	LP, CD
	Madrigal History Tour	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason	Consort of Musicke	EMI	LP
	Three musical fables	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason	Cambridge Singers , City of London Sinfonia	Collegium Records	LP, CD
1985	A tribute to the Comedian Harmonists	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason	Emil Gerhardt	EMI	LP, CD
	Watching the white wheat	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason		EMI	CD
1986	A la française	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason	Howard Shelley, Hilary MacNamara, Scottish Chamber Orchestra	EMI	CD
	Kids' stuff	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason	Judi Dench	EMI	CD
	The Beatles Connection	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason		EMI	CD
1987	My spirit sang all day	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason		EMI	CD
1988	To all things a season	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason		EMI	CD
	How excellent is Thy name: Sacred music of Lassus	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Carrington, Mason, Connolly		EMI	CD
1989	A little Christmas music	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	Kiri Te Kanawa , City of London Sinfonia	EMI	CD
	America	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	English Chamber Orchestra	EMI	CD
	At The Beautiful Blue Danube	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	Sabine Meyer , Manuel Barrueco , Georg Hartnagel	EMI	CD

1990s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
1991	Annie Laurie: Folksongs of the British Isles	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	Manuel Barrueco , Nancy Hadden	EMI	CD
	Get happy	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	George Shearing , Neil Swainson , John Harle	EMI	CD
	La dolce vita	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	Tragicomedia	EMI	CD
1992	Good vibrations	Jackman / Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly		BMG	CD
	Renaissance	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly		BMG	CD
1993	Chanson d'amour	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly		BMG	CD
	Here's a Howdy Do!	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	Wild Ray Snurck, Mamadi Kamara, Chris Laurence	BMG	CD
1995	English renaissance	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Russell, Lawson, Connolly		BMG	CD
1996	Sermons and devotions	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Russell, Lawson, Connolly		BMG	CD
1997	Circle of Life	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Russell, Lawson, Connolly	Metropolis Orkest	BMG	CD
	Spirit Voices	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Russell / Lawson, Lawson / Crouch, Connolly		BMG	CD
	Nightsong	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly		BMG	CD
	Street songs	Hurley, Short, Phoenix, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly	Evelyn Glennie , Stanley Glasser	BMG	CD
1998	Oberstdorf Music Summer 1997	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly		Oberstdorf music summer	CD
1999	The Triumphs of Oriana Madrigals	Hurley, Short, Phoenix, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly		Signum	CD

2000s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
2000	Fire - water	Hurley, Short, Phoenix, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly	The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King	BMG	CD
	Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Perform Music of the Beatles	Hurley, Short, Chilcott, Russell, Lawson, Connolly	Cincinnati Pops Orchestra	Telarc	CD
2003	Christmas	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly		Signum	CD
2004	Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Crouch, Connolly		Signum	CD
2005	1605 - Treason and dischord, William Byrd and the Gunpowder Plot	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	Concordia Viol Consort, Sarah Baldock	Signum	CD
	Sacred bridges	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	Ensemble Sarband	Signum	CD
	Six	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
2006	Landscape & time	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	Spem in alium	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
2007	The Quiet Heart: Choral Essays Vol. 1	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		SP&S Ltd.	CD
2008	Live at the BBC Proms	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	Reflections - Choral Essays Vol. 2	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		SP&S Ltd.	CD
	Rejoice and be Merry	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	Mormon Tabernacle Choir , Orchestra at Temple Square	Deseret Book	CD
	Simple gifts	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	The golden age - Siglo de oro	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	Keith Mc Gowan	Signum	CD
2009	Romance you soir	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD

2010s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
2010	From the heart	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	JSBach: Christmas Oratorio	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	WDR Big Band Cologne	Signum	CD
	Pachelbel Vespers	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	Swimming over London	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum	CD
	In This Quiet Moment - Choral Essays Vol.3	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Howard		SP&S Ltd.	CD
2011	High flight	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly / Howard	Concordia Choir	Signum	CD
	Joy to the world	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
2012	Royal Rhymes & Rounds	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson / Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
	Pater Noster - A choral reflection on the Lord's prayer	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Naxon	CD
2013	Jean Richafort: Requiem	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
	Great American Songbook	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard	South Jutland Symphony Orchestra	Signum	CD
	Let it snow	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard	Albrecht Mayer	Deutsche Grammophon	CD
2014	Postcards	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
2015	Il Trionfo Di Dori	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
	Christmas Presence	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Gregory, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard	National Youth Chamber Choir	Signum	CD
2016	How Fair Thou Art	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Gregory, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
	Christmas Songbook	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Gregory, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
2017	GOLD	Dunachie, Wayne-Wright, Gregory, Bruerton, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum	CD
2019	The Library Vol. 1	Dunachie, Button, Gregory, Bruerton, Ashby, Howard		Signum	CD

2020s
year	title	occupation	Accompaniment	Label	format
2020	Finding Harmony	Dunachie, Button, Gregory, Bruerton, Ashby, Howard		Signum	CD

Filmography

Filming of the King's Singers
year	title	occupation	other artists	Studio	format
1983	The King's Christmas	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason			VHS
1984	Madrigal History Tour	Jackman, Hume, Ives, Holt, Carrington, Mason		BBC 2 / Arthaus	DVD
1987	The King's Singers: In Concert	Jackman, Hume, Chilcott, Holt, Carrington, Mason			VHS
1991	The art of the King's Singers	Hurley, Hume, Chilcott, Russell, Carrington, Connolly	The Gustavus Choir, The Gustavus Chamber Singers	Odyssey	VHS
2005	The King's Singers: A Workshop	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Hal Leonard	DVD
2006	The King's Singers - From Byrd to The Beatles	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Acorn Media	DVD
2008	The King's Singers - Live at the BBC Proms	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly		Signum vision	DVD
	King's Singers Rejoice and Be Merry	Hurley, Tyson, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Connolly	Mormon Tabernacle Choir , Orchestra at Temple Square	Mormon Tabernacle	DVD
2011	The King's Singers: Christmas	Hurley, Wayne-Wright, Phoenix, Lawson, Gabbitas, Howard		Signum vision	DVD

literature

• Nigel Perrin, Alastair Hume, Bill Ives, Anthony Holt, Simon Carrington, Brian Kay: The King's Singers: a self-portrait. Robson Books, London 1980, ISBN 0-86051-109-X .
• Patrick Dunachie, Timothy Wayne-Wright, Julian Gregory, Christopher Bruerton, Christopher Gabbitas, Jonathan Howard: The King's Singers GOLD Book. Signum Classics, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-5272-1198-8

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} History Official homepage of the King's Singers. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
2. ↑ Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas Internet Movie Database from amazon.com. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
3. ^ Awards for Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas Internet Movie Database from amazon.com. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
4. ↑ FAQs Official homepage of the King's Singers. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Former Singers - Alastair Hume on The Kings Singer's pre-history Secured version of an older edition of the official King's Singers homepage. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
6. ↑ curriculum vitae and current engagements - King's Singers Homepage by Simon Carrington. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
7. ↑ [1]
8. ↑ Interview with David Hurley. The Glass. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with Christopher Gabbita's The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
10. ↑ Profile King's Singers. (No longer available online.) In: CD Label Naxos. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016 ; accessed on March 17, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ CDs ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. American Tour Sales Management for The King's Singers & Dame Evelyn Glennie, VOCES8 and Calmus. Retrieved January 6, 2015. 
12. ↑ Album checklist German fansite of the King's Singers. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
13. ↑ Video checklist for the German fansite of the King's Singers. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

Web links

• Official website
• Interview with the King's Singers on Planet Interview (2000)
• Works by and about The King's Singers in the catalog of the German National Library