{"id":11475,"date":"2024-03-12T13:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11475"},"modified":"2024-03-12T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:48:44","slug":"standing-ovation-for-this-years-cathedral-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/03\/12\/standing-ovation-for-this-years-cathedral-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing ovation for this year’s Cathedral performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many congratulations to everyone in the University Chorus and Orchestra<\/strong>, who received a standing ovation at the end of Saturday’s epic performance in Canterbury Cathedral.<\/p>\n

\"\"This year’s annual Colyer-Fergusson concert, in honour of Sir James Colyer-Fergusson, saw the combined ranks of students, staff, alumni and members of the local community coming together to present Brahms’ inventive Symphony no.4, alongside Faur\u00e9’s Requiem<\/em>, performed to the mark the centenary this year of the composer’s death.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Hilary Edridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"Conducted by Your Local Correspondent, and joined by soprano soloist Julie Bale and baritone soloist Ben Bevan, the concert was a resounding success, greeted with an enthusiastic ovation from the audience who stood and applauded as the final notes of the Requiem receded down the Nave.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of happy faces in the Chapter House, which functioned as the dressing-room on the night, as evidenced in these images of some of the choir and orchestra.<\/p>\n

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Formal photographs to follow; thank you to everyone who took part.<\/p>\n