{"id":11274,"date":"2023-04-03T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11274"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:41:13","slug":"premiere-of-new-commission-by-cecilian-choir-and-consort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2023\/04\/03\/premiere-of-new-commission-by-cecilian-choir-and-consort\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere of new commission by Cecilian Choir and Consort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to all the members of the University Cecilian Choir and Consort<\/strong> on last Friday’s night’s premiere of the new commission piece by Russell Hepplewhite.<\/p>\n

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The combination of words, music and images brought the new setting of the Magnificat, in which the sacred text was interspersed by new poetry by Nancy Gaffield, to vivid life. The Choir and strings, comprising students and staff from across the University, came together in vibrant form to deliver an accomplished performance of a brand-new work, always a\u00a0 challenge and especially in front of a live audience including both composer and poet!<\/p>\n

\"\"If you missed it, the piece will be performed again on Friday 9 June<\/strong> as part of this year’s Summer Music Week, our annual music festival bringing the musical year to a close.<\/p>\n

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