Perfect harmony
CORK International Choral Festival is preparing to host one of the world’s most successful vocal groups, The King’s Singers, during the event in May. Formed in 1968, the Grammy award-winning British sextet are in constant demand. They receive hours of airplay each day and are currently top of the New Zealand charts for the third week in a row after a recent tour there.
Proudly bearing an Irish name, with ancestry in Cork, counter-tenor David Hurley is the longest-serving member of the current ensemble. He joined in 1990, three years before the last two original members, Simon Carrington and Alistair Hume, left after some 25 years. “They were a marvellous influence,” Hurley says. “It’s credit to them that the group has continued. When you look at its history, it’s surprising how few members there have been.
