If there's one group of singers that needs little introduction, it's the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
Known to millions globally for its Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast live on radio each Christmas Eve since 1928, the 30-strong choir can also be heard live during its Hong Kong recitals on August 14 and 15.
It's the group's fifth visit to the city. On this occasion, they perform two contrasting programmes: the first quintessentially British, the second drawn mostly from works of the Austrian classic repertoire.
Stephen Cleobury, the choir's director of music, says both programmes offer something familiar, and something slightly off the beaten track. For their August 15 programme, for example, the choir is joined by the Hong Kong Virtuosi, who provide the orchestral accompaniments both for Vivaldi's famous Gloria and Haydn's lesser-known Little Organ Mass.
"There's an enchanting solo in the Benedictus movement of the Haydn Mass," Cleobury says. "This will be sung by local soprano Margaret Yim and accompanied by our organ scholar, Douglas Tang, who also has a Hong Kong background."