Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Voices from the choir

A serendipitous discovery and a boon to time-wasters goofing off at work across the land:

The King’s Singers’ famous weather report for the British Isles performed in Anglican chant is available on Youtube:

http://stmonica.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/anglican-chant-weather-forecast/

Heavenly.

Addendum: Please note the corrected attribution in the comment below that this recording is by a group called the Mastersingers, not the estimable King's Sinmgers.
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4 comments:

  1. Pigtown*DesignJune 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    I can't play it here at the office (bloody IT police), but is it the shipping forecast?

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  2. John McIntyreJune 17, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    Yes, it includes the shipping report.

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  3. Erin KJune 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM

    I see that Youtube also contains their recording of The Highway Code, another great one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qngi_jSaXII

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  4. Dave LullJune 18, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    "Is the Weather Report recorded by the King’s Singers?

    "The King's Singers were not responsible for the 'Weather Forecast' (or the Highway code). Both were sung by the Mastersingers - four masters at Abingdon School, a group that very slightly pre-dated the King’s Singers. Their 1966 recording certainly sounds like it could be the King’s Singers, and has that peculiarly English style of singing and humour, but it is not the King’s Singers! We have, of course, sung many anglican chants to lyrics written for special occasions (‘Some Enchanted Wavelengths’, for example) and will no doubt do it again."

    http://www.kingssingers.com/about.php?startid=11

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