Ceremonial act
King’s Singers – Full Of Noises
The King’s Singers present “Full of Noises”: a journey through the centuries and across soundscapes, in which the human voice brings together language, music, and expression in a variety of ways.
For over five decades, the King’s Singers have been among the world’s best-known vocal ensembles. At Interfinity, the six singers will present *Full of Noises*, a program that focuses on the human voice as a vehicle for language, music, and direct expression. The title is taken from Shakespeare’s *The Tempest*: “Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises”—and serves as the starting point for a musical journey through centuries, languages, and soundscapes.
From English and German Renaissance music, through Hildegard von Bingen and Mendelssohn, to Ravel, Pärt, and contemporary works by James MacMillan and Luciano Berio, an extraordinarily diverse panorama unfolds. Words are sung, transformed, set to rhythm, and at times become sound themselves: The ringing of bells meets Shakespeare, medieval chant meets Baltic soundscapes, and the sounds of time meet Paul Patterson’s virtuoso *Time Piece*. In this way, the program showcases the voice in all its facets—and makes audible just how closely language and sound are intertwined.
Program:
John Rutter — Be not afeard
Thomas Weelkes — Thule, the Period of Cosmography
Robert Parsons — Ave Maria
Ludwig Senfl — Das G’läut zu Speyer
Hildegard von Bingen — Favus distillans (A dripping honeycomb)
James MacMillan — Blue Lobster Cafe (from *A Rumored Seed*)
Luciano Berio — Garlic (from *Cries of London*)
Arvo Pärt — *O Adonai*
Veljo Tormis — *Ratas* (The Wheel of Life)
Felix Mendelssohn — Lift Up Your Eyes
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Cloud-Capp’d Towers (from Three Shakespeare Songs)
Maurice Ravel — Ronde (from Trois Chansons)
Paul Patterson — Time Piece
Concert duration: 70 minutes
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
From English and German Renaissance music, through Hildegard von Bingen and Mendelssohn, to Ravel, Pärt, and contemporary works by James MacMillan and Luciano Berio, an extraordinarily diverse panorama unfolds. Words are sung, transformed, set to rhythm, and at times become sound themselves: The ringing of bells meets Shakespeare, medieval chant meets Baltic soundscapes, and the sounds of time meet Paul Patterson’s virtuoso *Time Piece*. In this way, the program showcases the voice in all its facets—and makes audible just how closely language and sound are intertwined.
Program:
John Rutter — Be not afeard
Thomas Weelkes — Thule, the Period of Cosmography
Robert Parsons — Ave Maria
Ludwig Senfl — Das G’läut zu Speyer
Hildegard von Bingen — Favus distillans (A dripping honeycomb)
James MacMillan — Blue Lobster Cafe (from *A Rumored Seed*)
Luciano Berio — Garlic (from *Cries of London*)
Arvo Pärt — *O Adonai*
Veljo Tormis — *Ratas* (The Wheel of Life)
Felix Mendelssohn — Lift Up Your Eyes
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Cloud-Capp’d Towers (from Three Shakespeare Songs)
Maurice Ravel — Ronde (from Trois Chansons)
Paul Patterson — Time Piece
Concert duration: 70 minutes
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.