Cantabile (group)

Cantabile - The London Quartet
Origin	London, England
Genres	A Cappella, Musical Theatre, Classical Music, Film, Television
Labels	Signum Records, Champs Hill Records, TLQ Records, Spare Parts
Website	www.thelondonquartet.com

Cantabile - The London Quartet is a British a cappella vocal quartet.

They were formed as a student group whilst studying at Cambridge University in 1977. Initially their influences were The King’s Singers and The Songs of Yale, but they soon developed their own unique style of musical comedy. They turned professional in 1982 shortly before appearing in Blondel, which ran for 399 performances in London’s West End.

Even at their outset, they were more associated with the Cambridge Footlights than the chapel choirs, and theatricality and humour have always been a great part of their appeal. They won a Wavendon Allmusic Award from John Dankworth and Cleo Laine for breaking down the barriers between musical genres.

They are known in many territories as The London Quartet.

Their touring schedule continues to take them to Europe, North America & the Far East and sometimes further afield.

When Cantabile first visited Austria in the late 1970s, they were compared to German vocal group from the 1930s, The Comedian Harmonists.

In the UK, they have appeared in many theatres and concert halls, on BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 and on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 4extra, as well as Classic FM. They were the resident vocal group on BBC Radio Two series Kenneth Williams Cabaret in the 1980s.

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