Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
Yes, yes, I know, I'm late again. All I can plead is that there was LITERALLY no internet anywhere last Friday, and since then it's been a busy time. So, here I am in Cork, Ireland, writing about Bryanston School.Last week was a week of education, in many ways. On Thursday I met up with the Headmaster and Head of Music of my alma mater, Uppingham School, to hear their Close Harmony group perform in advance of our London Acappella Festival performance. I was extremely impressed with their performance and hope to work closely with them in the future.On Sunday we visited David's old school, Winchester College, and worked with their close harmony group before a joint performance in the evening - also involving the wonderful Francis Pott, surely one of the world's finest living choral composers?In between those two, Bryanston School impressed us with their incredible new performance and music facility. Nestling in the Dorset hills, this school has always been renowned for its promotion of the arts, and now they have a music school in which they are justifiably proud. We spent an hour working on varied repertoire with a hand-picked ensemble from the school, and enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from our audience that evening as we sang such wonderful pieces such as Saint-Seans' "Les Marins de Kermor."Saint-Seans is an under-rated composer, in my view. He's best known for his Organ Concerto, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Danse Macabre" but in our view his part songs are pretty much unbeatable. It's almost as if he were writing specifically for The King's Singers, and we perform these wonderful pieces with great relish.As we're now in Ireland, I should write a little about this week. We haven't performed here very often since I joined the group, but it looks and feels as though there is great potential to visit more regularly. This makes me happy - I find the Irish to be warm, friendly people who know a lot about music, and it's always a pleasure to visit. I'm looking forward to this week immensely!
