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The world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, consists of choral scholars, organ scholars [20] (male students at the college), and choristers (boys educated at the nearby King's College School). From 1982 until shortly before his death on 22 November 2019 the director of music for the choir was Sir Stephen Cleobury.
King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [4] This college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. King's was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI soon after founding its sister institution, Eton ...
The painting installed as an altarpiece at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The painting was sold from the estate of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster at Sotheby's in 1959 and bought for a world-record price of £250,000 by the property millionaire Alfred Ernest Allnatt. Two years later he offered it to King's College, Cambridge.
King's College Chapel, Cambridge; T. Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge This page was last edited on 31 May 2020, at 19:40 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
King's College Chapel, Cambridge (left), from where the popular Nine Lessons and Carols service is broadcast annually on Christmas Eve. The first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge, was held on Christmas Eve in 1918, directed by Arthur Henry Mann who was the organist from 1876 to 1929. [12].
King's College was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI.By 1447 the full complement of 16 choristers had been recruited to sing in the chapel. They were likely educated by a fellow until the appointment of the first Informator Chorustarum (Master over the Choristers) in 1456, Robert Brantham. [3]
The panels at King’s College are expected to be installed by the end of the year. Solar panels on roof of famous Cambridge chapel ‘send climate change message’ Skip to main content
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is an English Anglican choir.It was created by King Henry VI, who founded King's College, Cambridge, in 1441, to provide daily singing in his Chapel, which remains the main task of the choir to this day.