{"id":1746,"date":"2016-11-04T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:16:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:16:02","slug":"a-premiere-for-minerva-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"A premiere for Minerva Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shiny new copies of a brand-new piece hot from the the presses of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banks Music<\/a> arrived on the desk yesterday, a setting of\u00a0<em>In Paradisum<\/em> by Russell Hepplewhite for upper-voices, which I&#8217;m delighted to say Minerva Voices will be premiering in March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1747\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2016\/11\/Paradisum-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"paradisum\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2016\/11\/Paradisum.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2016\/11\/Paradisum-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2016\/11\/Paradisum-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1748\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2016\/11\/Russell_Hepplewhite.jpg\" alt=\"russell_hepplewhite\" width=\"184\" height=\"274\" \/>Russell&#8217;s chamber operas for younger audiences commissioned by English Touring Opera have been garnering acclaim, including\u00a0his\u00a0<em>Laika the Space Dog<\/em>, which won the Armel Opera Festival in 2013, and more recently <a href=\"http:\/\/englishtouringopera.org.uk\/productions\/shackletons-cat\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Shackleton&#8217;s Cat<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<em>In Paradisum<\/em> is part of an exciting new series of choral publications from Banks Music, and Minerva Voices is delighted to be premiering this sublimely ethereal setting in their March concert.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep you posted&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/&amp;t=A premiere for Minerva Voices' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=A premiere for Minerva Voices%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/&amp;title=A premiere for Minerva Voices' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2016\/11\/04\/a-premiere-for-minerva-voices\/&amp;title=A premiere for Minerva Voices' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiny new copies of a brand-new piece hot from the the presses of Banks Music arrived on the desk yesterday, a setting of\u00a0In Paradisum by Russell Hepplewhite for upper-voices, which I&#8217;m delighted to say Minerva Voices will be premiering in March. 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