The King's Singers

19 / 07 / 2010

David

There has been a short hiatus on our blogs over the last few days, as we all enjoy a few days of relaxation at home after our long trip to the Far East. For me the period between tours has been very enjoyable, but not especially relaxing. I have been involved with this year’s Southern Cathedrals Festival, which Sarah has directed this year in Chichester Cathedral. This is an annual meeting of three of Southern England’s Cathedrals – Winchester, where I sang for many years, Salisbury, where Philip was a lay vicar until he joined the KS, and Chichester, where Al (Hume) and Tony (Holt) sang before King’s Singers commitments forced them to quit their other jobs. All went very well, although early on Thursday morning (St Swithun’s Day) a gale came through and blew all three marquees down.

I am now trying to get myself packed for our weeklong trip to Austria and Germany. We visit two lovely towns in Austria – St Georgen im Attergau, which sits near Austria’s largest lake, Attersee, and the Carinthian town of Millstatt. In Germany we sing in the Bavarian town of Weissenburg before returning to the wonderful “Kulturstadt” of Weimar. We end up further north with a concert in Doberlug, in the region of Brandenburg.