{"id":1618,"date":"2016-03-22T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T09:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2016-03-22T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:14:52","slug":"radio-days-cecilian-choir-to-feature-on-bbc-radio-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/03\/22\/radio-days-cecilian-choir-to-feature-on-bbc-radio-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio days: Cecilian Choir to feature on BBC Radio 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh from its appearance on Heart Kent Radio recently, the Cecilian Choir will once again take to the air-waves when it features on BBC Radio 3’s My Choir <\/em><\/strong><\/a>this Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"radioThe weekly programme celebrating choral singing will feature the Choir as part of its ‘Meet My Choir’ slot, in which it highlights choirs from around the country. Needless to say, the student and staff members of the Cecilian Choir are very excited at the prospect.<\/p>\n

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Image: Matt Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

You can listen to the programme this Sunday at 4pm here<\/a>; thank you to English lecturer and member of the bass section, Dr Michael Hughes, for coming up with the idea! The audio extract will also feature the University String Sinfonia.<\/p>\n

And if you want to hear the Choir and Sinfonia\u00a0live in performance, they will be celebrating Easter with two of Vivaldi’s dramatic choral works, the Credo<\/em> and Magnificat<\/em>, alongside a trio sonata and Mozart’s Ave Verum<\/em> at St Peter’s Methodist Church in Canterbury on Thursday 31 March <\/strong>at 1.10pm; details here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n