Prom 26: The King's Singers August 5, 2008

The King's Singers return to the Proms, marking their 40th anniversary with a wide-ranging Anglo-French selection.

Picking up on the flavour of the earlier Proms Folk Day (see Proms 4-5), the concert opens with six of Poulenc's set of eight French folk songs and ends with more recent arrangements - of the type The King's Singers have practically made their own - of traditional English songs. In between comes English music from the recent past and French music from further back in time.

* Poulenc Chansons françaises, Op.130 - selection (11 mins)
* John McCabe Scenes in America deserta (9 mins)

* French Renaissance madrigals (17 mins)
* Lassus Dessus le marche d'Arras
* Passereau Il est bel et bon
* Lassus Toutes les nuits
* Janequin La guerre

* Victorian Part-Songs (13 mins)
* Rogers Hears not my Phyllis
* Hobbs Phyllis is my only joy
* Trad. arr. S.E. Lovatt The Little Green Lane
* Bridge The Goslings

* English folk songs (13 mins)
* Trad. arr. B. Chilcott Greensleeves
* Trad. arr. G. Langford Blow away the morning dew
* Trad. arr. P. Lawson The Turtle Dove
* Trad. arr. G. Langford Widdicombe Fair

There will be no interval

The King's Singers

Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/0508.shtml#prom26