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Dear Friends
Hello
from Germany! Every two years we have been fortunate to take part in
the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and we are here again,
performing over the weekend with the pianist Götz Payer in a special
programme of German part-songs, Benjamin Britten, and the Comedian
Harmonists. We then get into teaching mode with a masterclass course
in the pretty town of Lübeck. Each of this year’s participating groups
has written on our website news pages, and we are excited by their high calibre.
We
end our summer concerts with a return to the glorious surroundings of
the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, one of 40 concerts in our diary since
Easter. We have been recording during that time too: we sang
Pachelbel’s Vespers movements with the instrumental group Charivari
Agrèable last month - a world premiere recording which will be released
next year.
Our
2009/2010 season begins in September with a lot to look forward to,
including taking part in a concert at Cadogan Hall, London on September
24th to celebrate the 70th birthday of John McCabe, as well as our own
concert at Cadogan Hall on November 20th which will feature the premiere of “Canti Della Rosa” by Ivan Moody made possible in part by the VIP Friends.
As always, our website has constantly updated information. Written and video blog entries are especially popular with our readers, and the shop continues to provide special offers on CDs, DVDs, and sheet music.
Finally, a note from Tim, whom many of you will now have seen in concert:
Well
my first few months as a member of The King's Singers has been quite a
ride! It seems like an eternity ago that I was walking out on the stage
for the first time at Hereford. Since then my feet really haven't
touched the ground. We went straight into our tour of the States -
regularly singing in front of 3 to 4 thousand people a night whilst
being accompanied by a Pops Orchestra. The numerous numbers of European
trips which have been done since February are too numerous to mention
but our Scandanavian tour was very special - the people, sights and
venues were unique. These tremendous highs sadly came to a low point
with the death of my father in May, but the strength and support I
received from my other 5 colleagues and manager was truly incredible.
This is not forgetting sympathy cards from the groups' promoters/agents
across the world, and the kind words from numerous friends of the KS.
All of these were wholeheartedly appreciated and really helped me to go
out on stage again to sing in the job which my father was so proud of.
Thank you all once again.
We are just about to embark on our
last tour of the term. We will be starting in France and then off to
Germany for some concerts before starting my first Masterclass week in
Lubeck. I'm really looking forward to this - helping other groups and
catching up with some old friends!
12:48 PM
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