{"id":11632,"date":"2024-10-03T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11632"},"modified":"2024-10-03T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:32:04","slug":"chorus-and-orchestra-to-give-uk-premiere-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/10\/03\/chorus-and-orchestra-to-give-uk-premiere-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Chorus and Orchestra to give UK premiere in December"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our December concert season, the University Chorus and Orchestra will be giving the UK premiere of\u00a0Winter Nights<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a marvellously-colourful seasonal cantata by the Canadian composer, Stephanie Martin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Associate professor of music at York University\u2019s School of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design in Toronto, Stephanie also directs Schola Magdalena, a women\u2019s ensemble for chant, medieval and modern music, and is also conductor emeritus of Pax Christi Chorale, and former director of music at the historic church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Toronto. We’re delighted that Stephanie will be flying in for the performance – so no pressure at all…!<\/p>\n

Winter Nights<\/em> sets a series of poems including a vivacious setting of Tennyson’s ‘Ring Out, Wild Bells’ and Thomas Campion’s ‘Now Winter Nights Enlarge’ as part of an evocative sequence supported by string orchestra. The piece revels in a richly-colourful harmonic landscape, with contrasting rhythmic energy, closing with a wonderfully pastoral-like setting of the lines<\/p>\n

The summer hath his joys<\/em>
\nAnd winter his delights;<\/em>
\nThough love and all his pleasures are but toys,<\/em>
\nThey shorten tedious nights.<\/em><\/p>\n

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University Chorus at its first rehearsal of the year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside the cantata, the orchestra will be performing a seasonal pot pourri of works including movements from Tchaikovsky’s glittering\u00a0Nutcracker Suite<\/em>, Prokofiev’s\u00a0Troika<\/em>, Delius’\u00a0Sleigh Ride<\/em> and the concert-suite from\u00a0Polar Express<\/em> to reflect the Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n

More details and tickets online here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n