{"id":1202,"date":"2013-03-18T10:06:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2013-03-18T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T10:07:40","slug":"celebrating-britten-the-cecilian-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2013\/03\/18\/celebrating-britten-the-cecilian-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Britten: the Cecilian Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University Cecilian Choir has been rehearsing industriously for its concert as part of this year’s Britten centenary celebrations, including working on the Ceremony of Carols<\/em> together with second-year harpist, Emma Murton.<\/p>\n

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In rehearsal: the Cecilian Choir<\/p><\/div>\n

The concert looms this Wednesday, with the additional prospect of hearing other music by Brittten – a short fanfare for three trumpets, and two folksong settings, the lachrymaic O Waly Waly<\/em> and the regret-tinged Down By The Salley Gardens<\/em>, which will be sung by two sopranos, Paris Noble and Kathryn Cox.<\/p>\n

Also in the programme are two choral pieces from the preceding era, Mendelssohn’s Abendlied<\/em> and Debussy’s star-light Nuit d’Etoiles<\/em>, from the Cecilian Choir with pianist Sharon Yam, plus the reading of two poems.<\/p>\n

\"Britten_Karsh\"A veritable cultural feast; come and see it this Wednesday, 1.10pm in the Colyer-Fergusson hall – admission free!<\/p>\n