The King’s Singers-GOLD50 : Early Music Seattle

Thu. 12 Apr. 2018

7: 30 PM //

The King’s Singers

GOLD50

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Pre-Concert Event
Q&A with The King’s Singers
6:30 PM // Seattle First Baptist Church

Celebrate 50 years of mesmerizing performances and musical diversity by The King’s Singers. Chart a journey through the music that’s defined their career so far and moves on to exciting and unexplored musical worlds. Enjoy anniversary commissions by Bob Chilcott, Alexander L’Estrange, and Nico Muhly alongside Renaissance and folk selections. GOLD50 crowns half a century of dedication to music, and looks ahead with unbridled energy to the next 50 years and beyond.

“The audience was enraptured by the sound that only The King’s Singers can afford. It was as if you enjoy that one sip of a good red wine for a really long time…” -Harmonie, Czech Republic

Program

Length

2 hours with one intermission

Performers

Patrick Dunachie, countertenor
Timothy Wayne-Wright, countertenor
Julian Gregory, tenor
Christopher Bruerton, baritone
Christopher Gabbitas, baritone
Jonathan Howard, bass

Program

THE JOY OF THE RENAISSANCE
Shir hamma’alot le David, Salamone Hebreo Rossi
Or si r’allerg’il cielo, Giaches de Wert
Si ch’io vorrei morire, Claudio Monteverdi
Chi chilichi? Orlandus Lassus
Lagrimas de mi consuelo, Juan Vasquez
Domine, Jesu Christe, Dr. Henry Ley
In manus tuas, Thomas Tallis
Sing joyfully, William Byrd
Versa est in luctum, Alonso Lobo
Revecy venir du Printans, Claude le Jeune
Basiez-moi!, Josquin des Prez
Dessus le Marchè d’Arras, Orlandus Lassus

THE FAMILY
We Are, Bob Chilcott and George the Poet

THE LEGACY OF GREAT ARRANGERS
Lamorna, Trad., arr. Goff Richards
Danny Boy, Trad., arr. Peter Knight
Down with love, Harold Arlen, arr. Gordon Langford

THE PARTY BAG
Classic audience favorites and brand new surprises in their signature close-harmony style
from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire