{"id":11454,"date":"2024-03-04T14:45:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11454"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:08:40","slug":"coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee concert with the String Sinfonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the <strong>University String Sinfonia<\/strong> on the standing ovation at the close of their Coffee Concert at St Mary of Charity in Faversham at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11457\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_094322425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/>Directed by <strong>Floriane Peycelon<\/strong>, the ensemble delivered a programme focusing primarily on women composers, with a scintillating\u00a0<em>Suite for Strings<\/em> by Libby Croad; a movement from the wonderfully colourful Piano Quintet by Louise Farrenc, for which the ensemble was joined by first-year pianist,<strong> Ronja Haller; <\/strong>an enigmatic compositional response to Tallis&#8217; <em>If Ye Love Me<\/em> by local composer Juliet Lewis (who also conducted the piece); before the programme closed with a full-blooded string orchestral &#8216;reimagining&#8217; of music from Purcell&#8217;s <em>Dido and Aeneas<\/em>, with the closing Lament featuring final-year student, <strong>Jack Chan<\/strong>, on solo viola.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11458\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_101807426.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/>A great programme and an enthusiastic audience; many thanks to the church&#8217;s Coffee Concert series for welcoming us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11459\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_094210706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11465\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_115634322.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/&amp;t=Coffee concert with the String Sinfonia' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Coffee concert with the String Sinfonia%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/' 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\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/' 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\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/&amp;title=Coffee concert with the String Sinfonia' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/04\/coffee-concert-with-the-string-sinfonia\/&amp;title=Coffee concert with the String Sinfonia' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the University String Sinfonia on the standing ovation at the close of their Coffee Concert at St Mary of Charity in Faversham at the weekend. 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