King's Singers, Cadogan Hall

A programme of festive favourites is Christmas at its most tuneful

by Alexandra CoghlanSunday, 19 December 2010

Kings of all they survey: The King's Singers still at the top of their game

An awful lot of bad singing goes on in the name of Christmas. If it’s not the endless piped renditions of Slade and Cliff Richard, then it’s anaemic carol singers in every railway station and foyer. Each street corner becomes a concert hall (albeit one with exceptionally poor acoustics) and every passer-by an unwitting (not to say unwilling) audience member. Music becomes a commercial mood-board, a festive ear-worm to prompt charitable giving and personal spending in equal measure. How joyous then to escape the icy pavements and ambient noise for a few hours and celebrate Christmas with the ultimate musical professionals, The King’s Singers.

The musical equivalent of the group whipping off their trousers, Chippendales-style, to reveal novelty Christmas boxer shorts beneath

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