{"id":3353,"date":"2011-11-22T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T09:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2011-11-22T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T09:24:37","slug":"hark-the-glad-sound-chamber-choir-advent-concert-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/11\/22\/hark-the-glad-sound-chamber-choir-advent-concert-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Hark the glad sound: Chamber Choir Advent concert this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, St Cecilia&#8217;s Day, we celebrate the patron saint of music, and this Friday the Chamber Choir will celebrate the start of the Advent season with a concert in Blean Church, Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2011\/11\/chamber_choir_advent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3354\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2011\/11\/chamber_choir_advent.jpg\" alt=\"Advent concert\" width=\"180\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a>The Choir presents its annual &#8216;Music for Advent&#8217; concert, with a candlelit sequence of music and readings to launch the beginning of the period of Advent. Combining traditional and modern carols, prose, poetry and the magnificent Advent antiphons, the programme is a meditation on the meaning of Advent and the message of the coming of the Christ-child.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow the Choir&#8217;s rehearsals on its blog, &#8216;<a title=\"Read blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cantus Firmus<\/strong><\/a>,&#8217; which has charted our progress towards Friday&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>The concert starts at 7.30pm; proceeds from the event towards the Church Restoration Fund and Blean School Playground Improvements. 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