One of the things I love best about the KS is that every one of them has a potential virtuoso voice, yet they all use their instruments to combine in a true ensemble, blending and creating a GROUP work. Brilliant.
Margaret Schaap there actually is someone who continues on one note the whole song... Henry isn't listening or has older ears and can't really hear it all that well anymore. It Sounds very difficult.
+Henry Loomix listen carefully. there's someone on a G the entire time, continuously following the rhythm of eighth note-sixteenth note-eight note-sixteenth note-eight note
I just LOVE them! Now THIS is a cappella at it's BEST. And yes...the dude who whistles is unreal! As far as the exquisite harmonies..it's a given that they display absolute perfection!
I LOVE this song can't stop watching it. The prevalence of KS fans indicated by the number of comments below inspires me to add this: My grandfather was headmaster of King's College School at the time when the KS were formed. He tells the following story. The choir were on a boat touring somewhere (possibly Norway or Sweden?). One of the little boys in the choir went up to the captain of the ship and said, "Did you know you have a world famous choir on board? And if you let me steer the ship for the afternoon, a selection of them will sing for your passengers over dinner tonight". So the captain let him steer the ship, and at the end of the afternoon he went to David Willcocks (then choirmaster, and a great friend of my grandfather), and told him that he'd promised a concert. So apparently a few of the men got together and that's how the group started. :-)
I have followed this Group for YEARS...nothing like their Christmas CD that came out...oh..maybe 25 years ago(?)...the MOST beautiful arrangements of so many beautiful selections.Singers get replaced over the years, but the 'signature sound' of the King's Singers never changes! LOVE THEM.
This was actually the first version of Blackbird i ever heard, believe it or don't!! For years, i didn't know it was a Beatles song, lol! GOTTA love the King's Singers. They were corny, irreverent, cheeky and all that, but CONSUMATELY PROFESSIONAL and always fun and edifying to listen to.
absolutely. i think its hard for people who haven't sung in a choir or an acapella group to realize how hard it actually is to stay exactly on one note for an entire song. our voices naturally want to "move" and it takes concentration to overcome that tendancy
god dammit, I always think I can listen to this while studying. Turns out it is actually impossible to listen to this without watching or at least paying attention to how incredibly good they are. I really want to keep living on this planet?
Heard this last night- absolutely stunning. I cried. And Daryl is, I'm proud to say, a friend of mine. I saw him last night, for the first time in far too long.
beautiful! perfection. For the guy who had criticism, you truly need to have your hearing checked. The pitch is very nearly perfect throughout the group. Thankyou Kings Singers for your beautiful music!
@davidrfleming you know, a funny thing happens when you're in an ensemble like this, and you have a "boring" and non-melodic part like this. although you may not have the spotlight, he's just as important to the performance as the bass line. you can appreciate that you're contributing to a beutiful song.
Absolutely excellent. Superior performance. Thanx for the upload. Even though U-tube is nothing like a live experience. The acoustics in that recital hall must be awsome. I wish I was good enough to play my baritone sax in a similar place or dance to good music on a wooden floor instead of street concrete or hotel carpet.
Guys, as much as I adore and obsess over Glee, Chris did great, but I was a King's Singers fan first and I love them!! oh my I miss chorus so much!! :)
@MtnSiren89 The King's Singer's concert took place in Cadogan Hall, Chelsea (a suburb of London). It was originally was the First Church of Christ (Scientist) but was converted into a 900 seat concert hall in 2001. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (which is the closest thing to Britain's national orchestra) performs almost all of their concerts here.
