Prom 3: The King’s Singers and VOCES8

[Ein Heldenleben]

....well if you want to be cheered up and get moving, or be touched and redeemed - Medieval ,Rennaiance (Early) music is what you need 365 days a year....needs its own Proms ....bums on seats though , I guess the algarythymmmm says "No"....You could fill a hall for one Prom surely (positive)....

There’s also no (serial) Schoenberg, Berg or Webern. This is Bill Withers though in compensation

[oddoneout]

....I feel that we are in general, living up to Sam's view and opinion of us (R£3F)....our writings, musings, regard.....[good for us]....

Active engaged knowledgeable listeners wanting a varied diet, rather than passive recipients of the aural equivalent of UPF*s?

Ultra Processed Foods

[Serial_Apologist]

My goodness....this is just people singing....and doo wap at that....RAH....brrrfffff....

The Kings Singers were very much seen as Derby & Joan-appealing in their early 70s heyday. One thing they were very good at (in my opinion) was a cappella Renaissance madrigals, probably inaugurating the birth of twee. I have their LP - one side of English madrigals, the other of Italian.

[AuntDaisy]

The Kings Singers were very much seen as Derby & Joan-appealing in their early 70s heyday. One thing they were very good at (in my opinion) was a cappella Renaissance madrigals, probably inaugurating the birth of twee. I have their LP - one side of English madrigals, the other of Italian.

Off topic, but their excellent 1984 BBC TV "Madrigal History Tour" is available on DVD.

The King's Singers Madrigal History Tour
First broadcast: Sun 13th May 1984, 21:20 on BBC Two England
1: A Century of Song
The Ducal Palace, Mantua, is the starting-point for this expert series about the 'pop' music of the High Renaissance. With a selection of songs that range from the light, witty and erotic to the passionate and heartfelt, The King's Singers outline the rise in popularity of madrigals and show how they became the rage of Europe. Emma Kirkby and the Consort of Musicke, directed by the series' musical adviser, Anthony Rooley , perform additional examples. The programme also offers a panorama of the 16th century as a prelude to the 'tour' which begins next week in France.