The Queen's Six
The Queen's Six is a male vocal sextet based at Windsor Castle and associated with the St. George's Chapel Choir there. The group has evolved a component of public performances and recordings with a broad repertory stretching from Gregorian chant to jazz and pop arrangements.
The Queen's Six was formed in 2008 in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1558. The group consists of countertenors Daniel Brittain and Tim Carleston, tenors Nick Madden and Dominic Bland, and baritone/basses Andrew Thompson and Simon Whiteley. Individually they have appeared with such top groups as the BBC Singers, Tenebrae, and the Collegium Vocale Gent. All six are lay clerks, or professional adult singers, employed by the St. George's Chapel Choir at England's Windsor Castle, where they also live. In that capacity, they have performed at various secular and religious functions of the British royal family, including the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. With this background of working together, the members decided to expand their repertory beyond official chapel music and to take their act on the road. The Queen's Six offer performances that range from chant through Renaissance polyphony, madrigals (often featuring lewd content), folk songs, and arrangements of jazz and pop standards. The group has appeared around the U.K., as well as in Germany, Austria, and Spain, and toured the U.S. in 2018.
The Queen's Six made its debut in 2015 with the album Music of the Realm: Tudor Music for Men's Voices on the Resonus Classics label. The group made several more recordings for that label before moving in 2019 to Signum Classics and releasing The Last Rose of Summer. The Queen's Six followed that up with Journeys to the New World, a collection of Hispanic American music of the 16th and 17th centuries, in 2020.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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From Windsor with Love
Pop - Released by Signum Records on 11/02/2022
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Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 21/08/2020
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The Last Rose of Summer: Folk songs of the British Isles
Classical - Released by Signum Classics on 20/09/2019
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The Queen's Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 6/08/2021
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Right Here Waiting (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Simon Whiteley)
Pop - Released by Signum Records on 18/01/2022
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Raggle Taggle Gypsies
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Classics on 28/08/2019
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Suo gân
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Classics on 11/09/2019
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The Power of Love (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Stephen Carleston)
Pop - Released by Signum Records on 2/02/2022
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Poisoning Pigeons (Arr. Simon Whiteley)
The Queen's Six, Hrólfur Vagnsson
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 15/07/2021
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The Elements (Arr. Simon Whiteley)
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 29/07/2021
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Stand by Me (arr. For Vocal Ensemble by Mark De-Lisser & Simon Whiteley) (Arr. Mark De-Lisser & Simon Whiteley)
Pop - Released by Signum Records on 6/01/2022
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