{"id":127,"date":"2010-10-21T13:14:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T13:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=127"},"modified":"2010-10-21T13:14:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T13:14:31","slug":"hail-bright-cecilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/21\/hail-bright-cecilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail, Bright Cecilians!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7\" style=\"border: 5px solid white;margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px\" title=\"Cecilian_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/web_logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilian Choir logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/web_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/web_logo.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Cecilian Choir drew its first breath this week, launching into its programme of repertoire for the year and beginning with Tallis and Lassus.<\/p>\n<p>Lassus\u2019 <em>Adoramus te, Christe<\/em> is a very strange little motet: it moves harmonically into places where, tonally, the ear is expecting something else, and voice-parts occasionally introduce flats that steer the harmony into unusual corners. All of which makes for challenging sight-reading, but to which the choir rose with aplomb.<\/p>\n<p>Tallis\u2019 popular <em>If Ye Love Me<\/em> offers the opportunity for the singers to relish consonants and vowel-shapes, particularly on the words \u2018love\u2019 and \u2018commandments.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The choir has grown in size since last year, and we\u2019ve changed the rehearsal layout and the space we occupy in Eliot College Hall, which allows a greater resonance; there was a point in the rehearsal at which the choir finished the Tallis anthem, and the final chord of F major suddenly rose into the roof and filled the entire hall: and the intonation was perfect as well.<\/p>\n<p>A great start to the year, with lots more repertoire to look forward to, plus a few seasonal surprises. 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