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.

****1

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.

****1

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 !

*****

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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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