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⚫ '''The King's Consort''' is a prominent British period music ] founded in 1980 by the English ] and ] Robert King (b. ], 1960).<ref>''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music'', Oxford University Press, 1996</ref> The ensemble has an associated choral group, Choir of The King's Consort. Together, they have made over 90 recordings, largely on the ] label, and have sold over 1,000,000 discs.<ref>Erica Jeal, , '']'', October 21, 2005. (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref> The group has regular concert seasons in the UK and also tours internationally.
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⚫ '''The King's Consort''' is a British period music orchestra founded in 1980 by the English conductor, ] and convicted pædophile ] (b. 1960, ]).<ref>''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music'', Oxford University Press, 1996</ref> The ensemble has an associated choral group, Choir of The King's Consort. Together, they have made over 90 recordings, largely on the ] label, and sold over 1,000,000 discs.<ref>Erica Jeal , ''The Guardian'', 21 October 2005 (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref> The orchestra performs concert seasons in the UK and tours internationally.


Their repertoire is primarily from the ] and early ] period and includes recordings and live performances of ], vocal and instrumental music. The ensemble's main performing base has been in London's ] from 1987. However, they now use the larger ] for performances that require both the orchestra and the choir. The King's Consort has performed several times at the ] including, ''The Coronation of King George II'' a special programme to celebrate the ] of ] (2002), ]'s '']'' (2004) and ]'s ''Requiem Mass'' (2006). Their repertoire is primarily from the ] and early ] periods but has also included late 19th century repertoire as well as contemporary commissions by ] and, more recently, ] and includes recordings and live performances of opera and instrumental music. The ensemble's main performing base has been in London's ] from 1987, and the larger ] for performances that required both the orchestra and the choir. The King's Consort have performed seven times at the ] including ''The Coronation of King George II'', a special programme to celebrate the ] of ] (2002), ]'s '']'' (2004), ]'s ''Requiem Mass'' and ]'s ''Coronation Mass'' (2006).


The King's Consort Choir appears on the sound tracks of several films, including '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.<ref> (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref> The King's Consort Choir appears on the sound tracks of several films, including '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.<ref> (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref>


Amongst their most recent awards is the 2006 ] Choral Award for their recording of Michael Haydn's ''Requiem Mass''. <ref> (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref> Amongst their awards was the 2006 ] Choral Award for their recording of Michael Haydn's ''Requiem Mass''.<ref> (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref>


In June 2007, harpsichordist Matthew Halls temporarily took over as the group's Artistic Director from Robert King, who was jailed for the sexual abuse of minors.<ref>James Fenton, , ''The Guardian'', 16 June 2007 (accessed 3 October 2007)</ref> King molested five boys he was mentoring,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Westphal|first1=Matthew|title=Conductor Robert King Convicted of Abusing Teenage Boys|url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6591.html|publisher=Playbill Arts|accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref> the youngest of whom was 12, and was convicted of 14 counts of indecent assault over an 11-year period.<ref>Amy Bourke, , ''Pink News'', 6 June 2007 (accessed 2 February 2019)</ref> On 1 May 2009, a new group directed by Halls (consisting of some of the then-current players, singers and soloists of The King's Consort) was launched under the new name, ], following a decision by The King's Consort Board of Trustees.<ref>, '']'', April 2009 Issue, p. 13 (accessed 19 November 2009)</ref> The name "The King's Consort" had been temporarily licensed to Halls's group but in 2009 reverted to Robert King.<ref>Hewett, Ivan, , '']'', 29 April 2009 (accessed 19 November 2009)</ref>


⚫ ==Selected recordings==

⚫ *''']:''' ''''']''''' (Carolyn Sampson, Hilary Summers, Andrew Tortise, Andrew Foster-Williams, The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA67570
⚫ ==Selected Recordings==
⚫ *''']:''' '''''Parnasso in Festa''''' (Diana Moore, Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Rebecca Outram, Ruth Clegg, Peter Harvey, The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, conductor Matthew Halls) Hyperion CDA67701/2
*''']:''' ''''']!''''' (Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA67560 *''']:''' ''''']!''''' (Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA67560
*''']:''' ''''']''''' (], ], Alice Coote, ], The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67298 *''']:''' ''''']''''' (], ], ], ], The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67298
*''']:''' '''''The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volumes 1-8''''' (Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, James Goodman, Susan Gritton, ], Nigel Short, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44031/8 *''']:''' '''''The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volumes 1–8''''' (Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, James Goodman, Susan Gritton, ], Nigel Short, ], Charles Daniels, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44031/8
*''']''': '''''The Complete Sacred Music''''' (Lynton Atkinson, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, Lisa Milne, David Wilson-Johnson, Deborah York, James Bowman, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, ], ''et al.'', The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44171 *''']''': '''''The Complete Sacred Music''''' (Lynton Atkinson, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, ], David Wilson-Johnson, ], James Bowman, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, ], ''et al.'', The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44171
*''']:''' '''''Sacred Music Volumes 1-4''''' (Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, James Gilchrist, ''et al.'', The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67428, 67438, 67487, 67519 *''']:''' '''''Sacred Music Volumes 1–4''''' (Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, ], Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, ], ''et al.'', The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67428, 67438, 67487, 67519
*''']:''' ''''']''''' (Matthias Ritter, Manuel Mrasek, Matthias Schloderer, Maximilian Fraas, ], Michael George, Tölz Boys Choir, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 22051 *''']:''' ''''']''''' (Matthias Ritter, Manuel Mrasek, Matthias Schloderer, Maximilian Fraas, ], Michael George, Tölz Boys Choir, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 22051
*'''Handel:''' '''''Parnasso in festa''''' (Diana Moore, Carolyn Sampson, ], Rebecca Outram, Ruth Clegg, Peter Harvey, The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, conductor Matthew Halls) Hyperion CDA67701/2
*'''Handel:''' ''''']''''' (Claron McFadden, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, The King's Consort, choir of the King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA66361/2


==References== ==References==
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'''Further references''' '''Further references'''


*Michael Church, 'We've found some real rarities', '']'', February 24, 2006 *Michael Church, 'We've found some real rarities', '']'', 24 February 2006
*Stephen Pettit, 'Intimate moments amid the Jubilee jollity', '']'', Aug 14, 2002 *Stephen Pettit, 'Intimate moments amid the Jubilee jollity', '']'', 14 August 2002
*Neil Fisher, , '']'', August 9, 2006 (accessed 3 October 2007) *Neil Fisher, {{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, '']'', 9 August 2006 (accessed 3 October 2007)


==External links== ==External links==
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* on Hyperion Records (accessed 3 October 2007) * on Hyperion Records (accessed 3 October 2007)
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The King's Consort is a British period music orchestra founded in 1980 by the English conductor, harpsichordist and convicted pædophile Robert King (b. 1960, Wombourne). The ensemble has an associated choral group, Choir of The King's Consort. Together, they have made over 90 recordings, largely on the Hyperion label, and sold over 1,000,000 discs. The orchestra performs concert seasons in the UK and tours internationally.

Their repertoire is primarily from the baroque and early classical periods but has also included late 19th century repertoire as well as contemporary commissions by Michael Finnissy and, more recently, Michael Berkeley and includes recordings and live performances of opera and instrumental music. The ensemble's main performing base has been in London's Wigmore Hall from 1987, and the larger Cadogan Hall for performances that required both the orchestra and the choir. The King's Consort have performed seven times at the BBC Proms including The Coronation of King George II, a special programme to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (2002), Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (2004), Michael Haydn's Requiem Mass and Mozart's Coronation Mass (2006).

The King's Consort Choir appears on the sound tracks of several films, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Kingdom of Heaven, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and The Da Vinci Code.

Amongst their awards was the 2006 BBC Music Magazine Choral Award for their recording of Michael Haydn's Requiem Mass.

In June 2007, harpsichordist Matthew Halls temporarily took over as the group's Artistic Director from Robert King, who was jailed for the sexual abuse of minors. King molested five boys he was mentoring, the youngest of whom was 12, and was convicted of 14 counts of indecent assault over an 11-year period. On 1 May 2009, a new group directed by Halls (consisting of some of the then-current players, singers and soloists of The King's Consort) was launched under the new name, Retrospect Ensemble, following a decision by The King's Consort Board of Trustees. The name "The King's Consort" had been temporarily licensed to Halls's group but in 2009 reverted to Robert King.

Selected recordings

  • Rossini: Petite messe solennelle (Carolyn Sampson, Hilary Summers, Andrew Tortise, Andrew Foster-Williams, The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA67570
  • Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate! (Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA67560
  • Handel: The Choice of Hercules (Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Alice Coote, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67298
  • Purcell: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volumes 1–8 (Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, James Goodman, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Nigel Short, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44031/8
  • Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music (Lynton Atkinson, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, Lisa Milne, David Wilson-Johnson, Deborah York, James Bowman, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, Ann Murray, et al., The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 44171
  • Monteverdi: Sacred Music Volumes 1–4 (Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, James Gilchrist, et al., The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 67428, 67438, 67487, 67519
  • Bach: Mass in B Minor (Matthias Ritter, Manuel Mrasek, Matthias Schloderer, Maximilian Fraas, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael George, Tölz Boys Choir, The King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion 22051
  • Handel: Parnasso in festa (Diana Moore, Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Rebecca Outram, Ruth Clegg, Peter Harvey, The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, conductor Matthew Halls) Hyperion CDA67701/2
  • Handel: Acis and Galatea (Claron McFadden, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, The King's Consort, choir of the King's Consort, conductor Robert King) Hyperion CDA66361/2

References

Footnotes

  1. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 1996
  2. Erica Jeal "King has left the building", The Guardian, 21 October 2005 (accessed 3 October 2007)
  3. IMDb (accessed 3 October 2007)
  4. BBC Music Magazine (accessed 3 October 2007)
  5. James Fenton, Facing the music, The Guardian, 16 June 2007 (accessed 3 October 2007)
  6. Westphal, Matthew. "Conductor Robert King Convicted of Abusing Teenage Boys". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. Amy Bourke, Conductor jailed for abusing boys can still teach, Pink News, 6 June 2007 (accessed 2 February 2019)
  8. "Taking Note", Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 Issue, p. 13 (accessed 19 November 2009)
  9. Hewett, Ivan, "Retrospect Ensemble: the born-again consort", The Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2009 (accessed 19 November 2009)

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