{"id":1613,"date":"2016-02-25T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2016-02-25T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:58:57","slug":"englands-gateway-to-the-world-rehearsing-the-anthem-for-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/02\/25\/englands-gateway-to-the-world-rehearsing-the-anthem-for-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"England’s Gateway to the World: rehearsing the Anthem for Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been following the Cecilian Choir recently, you might have noticed a small flurry of excitement around the Choir’s involvement in the Anthem for Kent<\/em>, which was presented on HeartKent Radio<\/strong><\/a> a few weeks ago. Presenters James and Becky created a stirring piece celebrating the glories of the county, from its White Cliffs to its Roman roads, its plentiful castles and the glory of the Canterbury ring-road.<\/p>\n

Conductor Dan Harding responded to the piece, entitled ‘England’s Gateway To The World,’ by writing a full, mixed-choir arrangement, about which both the Choir and the radio team are very excited, and today, for the first time, the Cecilian Choir has rehearsed the piece, filling the Colyer-Fergusson concert-hall with an Elgarian anthem to the county’s attractions.<\/p>\n

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The Choir has responded to this – if I may say, ever so slightly bonkers<\/em> – project with vigorous enthusiasm, delivering the piece with all the grandeur called for by its text. We hope to do more with this piece – keep an eye out on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, let’s see how far this can go…<\/p>\n