{"id":11535,"date":"2024-04-08T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:08:46","slug":"students-perform-with-the-gavin-bryars-ensemble-at-canterbury-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/04\/08\/students-perform-with-the-gavin-bryars-ensemble-at-canterbury-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Students perform with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at Canterbury Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congratulations to an intrepid band of several of our musicians, who recently performed alongside the Gavin Bryars Ensemble in a mesmerising performance of Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet<\/em> at Canterbury Cathedral.<\/div>\n
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\"\"A unique experience, in a specially crafted incarnation of Bryars’ seminal piece, the students, a combination of Music Performance Scholars and Award Holders, including students reading Law, Economics and Chemistry, rose to the occasion in a piece that requires a quite different set of skills, using a modular score, stopwatches, and a pre-recorded (and rhythmically uneven) vocal track against which to play.<\/div>\n
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And there they are standing alongside the man himself.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A marvellous opportunity to play in an important work as part of the ensemble of professional musicians, working alongside them under the direction of the composer.<\/div>\n
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Well done Yuyu, Justin, Lois, Seb, David and Jack; we’re hugely proud of you!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Main images \u00a9\u00a0University of Kent \/ Nathan Eaton-Baudains<\/strong><\/div>\n
Other photos by Dan Harding<\/strong><\/div>\n