Brian Christopher Kay (born 12 May 1944Debrett's People of Today - Brian Kay, Esq, authorise biography. Accessed 7 December 2012
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the King's Singers The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968. They are named after King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 19 ...

during the group's formative years from 1968 to 1982, and as such is to be heard on many of their 1970s recordings. He was also the voice of Papageno in the film ''

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'' and the lowest frog in the

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

song "

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" ("The Frog's Chorus"). He is noted as a choral conductor, being former conductor (and now president) of the Leith Hill Musical Festival and former director of the

Huddersfield Choral Society Huddersfield Choral Society is a choir based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1836, and is recognised as one of Britain's leading choirs. Over the years the choir has performed most of the major works in the choral rep ...

. He is principal conductor of

the Really Big Chorus The Really Big Chorus (TRBC) is Britain's largest choral society, made up of singers from hundreds of different choirs all over the UK as well as thousands of individuals. It was founded by Don Monro, an Electrical Engineering lecturer (and clarinet ...

. On radio, he has been a presenter of '' Friday Night is Music Night'' on BBC Radio 2 and until 2006 presented ''3 for All'' and ''Brian Kay's Light Programme'', a weekly programme about light music on BBC Radio 3. In 1996 he won the

Sony Radio Award The Radio Academy Awards, started in 1983, were the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. For most of their existence, they were run by ZAFER Associates, but in latter years were brought under the control of The Radio Academy ...

as Music Presenter of the Year. He is a patron of Bampton Classical Opera and president of The English Arts Chorale, the Harrogate Choral Society and the Bristol Bach Choir. Kay is the vice president of the

Royal School of Church Music The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is a Christian music education organisation dedicated to the promotion of music in Christian worship, in particular the repertoire and traditions of Anglican church music, largely through publications, tr ...

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Article about the cancellation of Brian Kay's Light Programme
1944 births Alumni of King's College, Cambridge BBC Radio 3 presenters British radio DJs British television presenters English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) Living people The King's Singers members 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge {{UK-radio-bio-stub