He got in, and began a relationship with the college that continued through university as a choral scholar, and eventually to twelve years as a tenor with the world-famous King’s Singers. ‘There were thirty-five boys in the choir-mainly because you got a free trip to the circus, and a shilling for weddings-and I absolutely loved it.’ It was here that an enlightened and generous vicar took note of Chilcott’s voice and suggested that he audition for choirboy entry to the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. ‘My parents went to a parish church in Watford, and I sang in the choir there’, he says. To begin with, his background in church and, later, collegiate music, and the support of a church-going family, was a constant source of influence. It is not academically sound-but it is perhaps understandable-to suggest that Bob Chilcott was almost certain to write a Requiem at some point in his career indeed, the portents stack up and combine so that it seems almost inevitable.
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