The Grammy award-winning ensemble is in constant demand for concerts, recordings and media appearances worldwide. Famed for their spot-on intonation, impeccable vocal blend and incisive timing, the King’s Singers are consummate entertainers: a class act with a delightfully British wit.
Entitled O Magnum Mysterium, the concert will include Palestrina, Poulenc and close harmony arrangements performed in the beautiful King’s College Chapel. Guests can enjoy a champagne reception before the concert then dine in style in the Great Hall, with further entertainment by the King’s Singers.
Some superb prizes will be up for auction, including a chance to drive like James Bond in an Aston Martin for a day. Michelin Star winning restaurant Alimentum is offering a fabulous meal for up to eight people in your home.Also on offer is a private tour of King’s College Chapel and an original painting by popular artist Quentin Blake.
This year ACT, the dedicated charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals, has been calling on the local community to back its Big Push to raise £150,000 towards modernisation and expansion of the Rosie and help to give local newborn babies the best possible start in life.
Michelle Gray, Head of Community Fundraising at ACT, said: “Whether you are familiar with the King’s Singers or not, the Christmas concert and gala dinner at King’s College promises to be a truly memorable occasion. Guests will be treated to the very best seasonal music and fine dining, while helping to make a difference to maternity care in Cambridge for local families.”
Tickets are available from £150 to £195 per person, with proceeds from the event shared between The Rosie Hospital Campaign, Music at King’s and the King’s Singers Foundation.
To find out about bookings please call 01223 217757. For more information about The Rosie Hospital Campaign please go to: www.therosiecampaign.org.uk.
The King’s Singers event is one of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s ‘12 Ways of Christmas’ – a selection of 12 ways that people in the community can support Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals during the festive season. To find out more please go to www.act4addenbrookes.org.uk/christmas
About the Rosie Hospital Campaign
The Rosie Hospital is recognised as one of the finest maternity hospitals in the country. Supported by charitable funding, the Rosie opened in 1983, since when much has changed. It was designed for approximately 4,000 births a year. In 2011-12 there were 5,885 babies born at the Rosie and by 2020 that number is expected to increase to 7,500.
The new three-storey extension that opened in September 2012 has doubled the size of the existing maternity unit. It means the Rosie can continue to offer pregnant women, their families and new babies the very best standard of care. New facilities include:
- A brand new midwife-led birth centre with ten en-suite rooms for women with a low risk pregnancy
- An expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with capacity for 58 cots for babies born early or that need specialist attention
- New ‘home from home’ accommodation with eight en-suite bedrooms, a rest area and kitchen for parents with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- A new Fetal Medicine and Day Assessment Unit for monitoring pregnant women and fetal development
- A dedicated counselling suite offering professional support when outcomes are not as planned.
For patients and staff these new world-class resources will make an enormous day-to-day difference. The extra space will enable staff to help more women give birth in the comfort of their local hospital. The transformed Rosie will be a regional centre of clinical excellence for training and will aim to set new standards of care by advancing antenatal and neonatal development through research.
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