Sounds of Heaven in San Jose

By Donna Stoering, 26 February 2016

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“tumbling sounds and phrases, air and voices that “wheeled and soared” as the text proclaimed”

Reviewed at Cathedral Basilica of St Joseph, San Jose on 23 February 2016

Chilcott, High Flight

Works by Clausen

Whitacre, The Stolen Child

The Choral Project

The King's Singers

The King's Singers charm Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 5th February

Madrigals and Folksongs: the King's Singers entertain and delight in a progromme spanning 400 years with glorious singing.

****1

Nowell sing we now: The King's Singers at Cadogan Hall

Julia Savage, 20th December

The King’s Singers epitomise a cappella musicianship. The group was originally formed in the 1960s by choral scholars of King’s College, Cambridge (and one from Christ Church, Oxford), but its current membership includes members who were previously choral scholars at Oxford, and even one member from New Zealand.

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Monarchs and mobiles with The King's Singers at the Three Choirs Festival

Katherine Dixson, 24th July

Frequent concertgoers in our modern age will be all too aware of the irritation factor of mobile phones going off during performance. The King’s Singers, however, make a feature of the phenomenon and take it to another level. This world-class ensemble delighted a packed Hereford Cathedral, the closing concert of their 2011/12 season coinciding with the Three Choirs Festival.

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God save the King's Singers ! La musique vocale anglaise en majesté à Gaveau

Denis Peyrat, 17th March

Pour leur passage annuel à la Salle Gaveau, les King's Singers ont proposé un panorama de la musique anglaise de Byrd aux Beatles (en passant par Britten) : ils ont été royaux !

*****

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

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Donna Stoering

Donna is a lifelong musician who has served as an Artistic Ambassador for both the UK and USA to countries worldwide. An award-winning recording artist, concert pianist, educator, composer and social entrepreneur, she is also a frequent commentator and contributor to international journals and television programs about music. A former Marshall Scholar and Artist in Residence at Oxford, she has taught master-classes on performance, pedagogy or arts management at most major music conservatories worldwide. Founder/Artistic Director of a global music organization (listenforlife.org), Donna continues to teach and perform worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and recital partner with opera stars of the Met, Bolshoi, Royal Opera and La Scala.

Sounds of Heaven: The Kings Singers and The Choral Project join forces in San Jose