June 24, 2018. Madison, Mississippi. The King's Singers.

Today we listened and watched two times. Just by chance I found a wonderful concert, first recorded in 2016 in Salt Lake City, by the Tabernacle Choir and The King's Singers. The concert was playing on the BYU channel and was called Summer Music. We listened this afternoon and again tonight and was well worth the second edition. We are short on listening to good choral music so today was a treat. We first heard The King's Singers during their very first tour of the US. The group was first formed in 1968 at King's College, Cambridge and we heard them in 1971 at The Smithsonian Institute in DC. Our friends Carolyn and Tom were visiting us from Virginia and I ordered tickets to their concert to be held in the old Smithsonian building, thinking that an evening concert downtown would be a hit. And it was. The hall they were singing in seated about 300 and was full. It was also intimate and we loved the whole thing. After the concert, we four stopped in Georgetown for dessert. While wandering around waiting at the corner we spotted the King's Singers. Of course, we told them how much we enjoyed their concert. And they chatted and told us that they were on their first US tour so were delighted to know someone could recognize them. They were charming. We have been following them ever since. After 50 years they are still wonderful. The Tabernacle Choir is always good and along with the excellent King's Singers, the concert was tops. It was the treat of the day!!