Choir of King's College David Willcocks Hand Signed 11X17 Poster JG Autographs

  
"Choir of King's College" David Willcocks Hand Signed 11X17 Poster. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (30 December 1919 - 17 September 2015) was a British. He was particularly well known for his association with the. Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of. Were published in the series of books. Which he edited along with. He was also director of the. And was decorated with the. Willcocks began his musical training as a chorister at.

From 1934 to 1938, he was a music scholar at. Bristol, before his appointment as. There, in 1939, he met.

Willcocks and Briggs would later be colleagues at King's, from 1959 to 1974, as Organist and Master of the Choristers and as Headmaster of. The school attended by the choirboys of King's College. In the same year, he became the organist at.

And the conductor of the Salisbury Musical Society. In 1950 and remained until 1957, during which time he was organist of the Cathedral, principal conductor of the. In 1951, 1954, and 1957, and conductor of the.

From 1956 to 1974 he was also conductor of the. Whilst continuing as guest conductor for their carol concerts into the early 1990s. Composers with whom he collaborated included. From 1957 to 1974 he held the post for which he is probably best known, Director of Music at.

He made numerous recordings with the. Among the most notable recordings was one of Thomas Tallis's. The choir toured extensively, giving concerts worldwide, as well as garnering further acclaim internationally through television and radio appearances.

Under the baton of Willcocks. In 1963 in (Perugia) Milan, La Scala, and in Venice. The choir subsequently performed the work in Japan, Hong Kong, Portugal, and the Netherlands. In 1960, he also became the musical director of. He held these positions at Cambridge until the 1970s when he accepted the post of Director of the.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire. (CBE), and was created a. In 1977 in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours. He held honorary degrees in England. In London; in the USA from.

(New Jersey); and in Canada from the Universities of. All in all, his honorary degrees numbered over fifty. He was also President of the.

City of Bath Bach Choir. Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer. Willcocks served as director of music and conducted a new piece by.

The event was watched by an estimated global TV audience of 750 million. After stepping down from the Royal College, Willcocks resumed conducting and editing scores as his primary activities. Noted that he had made nine visits to the United States in the previous year, including conducting Evensong at that city's St. Thomas Episcopal Church and conducting the.

In live performance, he regularly conducted Mozart's Requiem at the. On 15 May 2010, a celebration of his contribution to music took place at the. In London, where pieces selected by Willcocks were performed by singers who are part of.

Special guests included choristers from King's College Choir, Cambridge, who performed three pieces. His death at home in Cambridge on the morning of 17 September 2015 was announced by King's College later that day.