{"id":648,"date":"2022-03-07T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/?p=648"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:52:45","slug":"invisible-squares-echo-the-music-of-the-string-sinfonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/2022\/03\/07\/invisible-squares-echo-the-music-of-the-string-sinfonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible Squares echo the music of the String Sinfonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">EarBox Returns to the Studio 3 Gallery with the University String Sinfonia on Weds 23 March at 1.10pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/files\/2022\/03\/1X8A2158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3200\" height=\"2134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Italian\u00a0piazzas provide a perfect backdrop for string orchestra, including John Woolrich\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ulysses Wakes<\/em>, as\u00a0<strong><em>#<\/em><\/strong><em>EarBox<\/em> returns to Studio 3 Gallery with the University String Sinfonia on\u00a0Weds 23 March at 1.10pm. Studio 3 Gallery, Jarman Building.<\/p>\n<p>The concert is part of the <em>#EarBox<\/em> series, which brings music and images together in Studio 3. The gallery\u2019s current exhibition\u00a0<em>Le Piazze [In]visibili<\/em> \u2013 Invisible Squares has been extended until the 25th March, enabling the two events to blend.<\/p>\n<p>Woolrich\u2019s <em>Ulysses Wakes<\/em>, is a transcription of Ulysses\u2019 first aria in Monteverdi\u2019s opera\u00a0<em>Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse<\/em>\u00a0in patria, first performed in 1640.\u00a0Daniel Harding, the event organiser and Head of Music Performance, describes how Woolrich reimagines, Ulysses\u2019 questioning aria, through the dark-hued tones of a solo viola, played here by Music Performance Scholar,\u00a0Charlotte Cane. <em>Le Piazze [In]visibili<\/em>, curated by Marco Delogu, presents photographs, with texts, of Italian squares emptied during Covid. The eerie beauty of the piazza provide a fitting surround.<\/p>\n<p>The rich programme also includes Purcell\u2019s\u00a0<em>Chacony; <\/em>Vaughan Williams\u2019\u00a0<em>Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis<\/em> and Vivaldi\u2019s lively \u2018Spring\u2019 from\u00a0<em>The Four Seasons<\/em>\u00a0and music by Jacob Brown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EarBox Returns to the Studio 3 Gallery with the University String Sinfonia on Weds 23 March at 1.10pm. &nbsp; &nbsp; Italian\u00a0piazzas provide a perfect backdrop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/2022\/03\/07\/invisible-squares-echo-the-music-of-the-string-sinfonia\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73465,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}