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Choir concerts and tours

Apart from singing choral services during term time, the Choir also tour and sing in concerts in the Chapel.

Choral service, Aldeburgh Festival

Sunday 9 June 2013, 10.30am
Aldeburgh Parish Church
Aldeburgh Church

This is the opening services of the Aldeburgh Festival, which this year marks the centenary of Britten's birth. The service will be led by Revd Canon Nigel Hartley, and the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will be guest preacher.

  • Britten: Missa Brevis

King’s College Choir directed by Stephen Cleobury

Tickets were free of charge and have now all been allocated. See the Aldeburgh Festival website.

May Week Concert

Monday 17 June 2013, 7.00pm
The Chapel

Programme includes Vivaldi's Gloria. Details to be announced.

Singing on the River

Sunday 23 June 2013, 7.30pm
River bank, King's College
Choral Scholars in punts

The King's Men (formerly Collegium Regale) sing a wide array of close harmony arrangements from punts on the River Cam. Sit on the bank behind the Chapel, bring a picnic and enjoy a quintessentially Cambridge event.

Tickets: £10, students £5, children under 12 free (please ask for a free children's ticket). You can buy tickets from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340). Please note that payments by credit and debit card are subject to a £2 booking fee. You can also buy tickets online.

Beethoven Celebration

Friday 12 July 2013, 7.30pm
The Chapel
Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike

Beethoven’s Mass in C follows in the tradition of Haydn's last great mass settings. It is followed by the monumental violin concerto. Jennifer Pike is a rising star, a decade after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year.

  • Beethoven: Mass in C
  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D

Jennifer Pike, violin
King’s College Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury, conductor

Tickets £40, £30, £22, £18 (unsighted, student standby £5), available from the Shop at King’s, King's Parade, Cambridge (tel: 01223 769 340), or from the online shop. Please note that payments by credit and debit card are subject to a £2 booking fee. Alternatively, you can download a booking form and return it to the Shop at King's, King's Parade, Cambridge. View the seating plan.

Choir concert, Seoul

Thursday 8 August 2013, 7.30pm
Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Seoul
  • Mozart: Venite Populi (for double choir and strings)
  • Mozart: Epistle Sonata K244 (orchestra only)
  • Schubert: Psalm 23
  • Haydn: Kleine orgel messe (choir with violins, bass and organ)
  • Interval
  • Vivaldi: Gloria (mixed chorus, oboe, trumpet, strings, continuo)

King's College Choir accompanied by a local orchestra and soprano, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

Choir concert, Beijing

Saturday 10 August 2013, 7.30pm
NCPA, Beijing
NCPA Beijing
  • Stanford: A Song of Wisdom (boys only)
  • Parry: Three songs from ‘Songs of Farewell’
  • Stanford: A Song of Peace (boys only)
  • Wolf: Sechs Geistliche Lieder
  • Interval
  • Brahms / Schubert: repertoire to be confirmed (men only)
  • Organ solo (repertoire to be confirmed)
  • Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

Booking details: http://www.chncpa.org/ens/#

Choir concert, Hong Kong

Wednesday 14 August 2013, 7.30pm
Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong
The Choir
  • Stanford: A Song of Wisdom (boys only)
  • Parry: Three songs from ‘Songs of Farewell’
  • Stanford: A Song of Peace (boys only)
  • Wolf: Sechs Geistliche Lieder
  • Interval
  • Brahms / Schubert: repertoire to be confirmed (men only)
  • Organ solo (repertoire to be confirmed)
  • Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

Booking details: Sha Tin Town Hall website.

Choir concert, Hong Kong

Thursday 15 August 2013, 7.30pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong
  • Mozart: Venite Populi (for double choir and strings)
  • Mozart: Epistle Sonata K244 (orchestra only)
  • Schubert: Psalm 23
  • Haydn: Kleine orgel messe (choir with violins, bass and organ)
  • Interval
  • Vivaldi: Gloria (mixed chorus, oboe, trumpet, strings, continuo)

King's College Choir accompanied by a local orchestra and soprano, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

Choir concert, Singapore

Saturday 17 August 2013, 7.30pm
The Esplanade, Singapore
The Esplanade, Singapore
  • Mozart: Venite Populi (for double choir and strings)
  • Mozart: Epistle Sonata K244 (orchestra only)
  • Schubert: Psalm 23
  • Haydn: Kleine orgel messe (choir with violins, bass and organ)
  • Interval
  • Vivaldi: Gloria (mixed chorus, oboe, trumpet, strings, continuo)

King's College Choir accompanied by a local orchestra and soprano, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

See the Esplanade website.

Choir concert, Eindhoven

Friday 20 September 2013, 8.15pm
Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven
Muziekgebouw
  • Stanford: A Song of Wisdom (boys only)
  • Parry : Three songs from ‘Songs of Farewell’
  • Stanford :A Song of Peace (boys only)
  • Organ solo: to be confirmed
  • Vaughan Williams: Valiant-for-truth
  • Interval
  • Faure: Requiem

Booking details: Muziekgebouw website.

Choir concert, Groningen

Saturday 21 September 2013, 7.30pm
Groningen
  • Stanford: A Song of Wisdom (boys only)
  • Parry: Three songs from ‘Songs of Farewell’
  • Stanford: A Song of Peace (boys only)
  • Wolf: Sechs Geistliche Lieder
  • Interval
  • Brahms / Schubert: repertoire to be confirmed (men only)
  • Organ solo (repertoire to be confirmed)
  • Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

Booking details to be announced.

Choir concert, Windsor

Sunday 29 September 2013, 7.30pm
Eton Chapel, Windsor

The Choir will sing at the Windsor Festival. Details to be announced.

Christmas concert, Birmingham

Friday 29 November 2013, 7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
  • Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (orchestra only)
  • Britten: Ceremony of Carols
  • Interval
  • Britten: St Nicolas

King’s College Choir
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Lucy Wakeford, harp

Booking details: Birmingham Town Hall & Symphony Hall website.

Christmas concert, Barbican, London

Saturday 7 December 2013, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
  • Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (orchestra only)
  • Britten: Ceremony of Carols
  • Interval
  • Britten: St Nicolas

King’s College Choir
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
James Gilchrist, tenor
TBC, harp

Booking details: Barbican website.

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