{"id":10803,"date":"2021-12-13T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=10803"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:10:04","slug":"tidings-of-comfort-and-joychorus-and-orchestra-back-for-the-first-time-since-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/12\/13\/tidings-of-comfort-and-joychorus-and-orchestra-back-for-the-first-time-since-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidings of Comfort and Joy:Chorus and Orchestra back for the first time since December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>, together again for the first time in two years on Saturday for a sparklingly seasonal concert.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Charlotte Allioux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A sold-out house and an enthusiastic audience greeted the combined musical forces, embracing students, staff, alumni, and members of the local community in a programme including Vaughan Williams’\u00a0Fantasia on Christmas Carols<\/em> with baritone Simon Thorpe<\/strong>, and Tchaikovsky’s glittering Nutcracker Suite<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Symphony Orchestra backstage before the performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thank you to everyone involved; a delight to be back making music together! We’re back next term with Haydn and Mendelssohn in Canterbury Cathedral…<\/p>\n

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The Symphony Orchestra rehearsing before the concert, conducted by Dan Harding. Photo: Jeni Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n