{"id":5570,"date":"2014-01-20T10:43:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T09:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2014-01-20T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T11:29:12","slug":"this-years-love-new-brochure-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/01\/20\/this-years-love-new-brochure-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"This year’s love: new brochure now online"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dizzying profusion of events is unleashed over the coming months, as you can now see from our online events calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CF_Cathedral_2014\"The free Lunchtime Concert series includes a visit from British saxophonist Martin Speake<\/strong>, who brings his trio as part of his current UK tour, and from acclaimed sitar-player, Jonathan Mayer<\/strong>. There’s the annual Colyer-Fergusson Cathedral Concert<\/strong> with the University Chorus and Orchestra,\u00a0this year commemorating the First World War with music by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and the Chamber Choir<\/strong> returns to the Cathedral Crypt to sing a programme including Palestrina, Brahms, Whitacre and Paul Patterson.<\/p>\n

Conductor Ian Swatman leads the Concert and Big Bands<\/strong> at the end of February in Ravel and Earth, Wind and Fire, and later\u00a0teams up with the Big Band from St Edmund’s School in a charity gig in aid of the Pilgrim’s Hospice. There’s music down the hill, too, as the Lost Consort<\/strong> explores the music of Hildegard von Bingen in the Roman Undercroft of St Thomas’ Hospital, and the Chamber & Cecilian Choirs<\/strong> at St Peter’s Methodist with music by Hassler, Maskats and Chilcott.<\/p>\n

\"bigband_ruby_dec2013\"<\/a>Visitors to the concert-hall include Rachel Podger<\/strong>, who brings a recital\u00a0of works for\u00a0solo baroque violin, and later in May there’s a recital from pianist Malcolm Binns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Plenty to enjoy over the coming months; see the calendar online here<\/a>, or download the brochure (PDF) here<\/a>. Meanwhile, the Lunchtime Concert series begins on Weds February 12<\/strong> with music for two-pianos and four-hands by Poulenc, Ravel and Gavin Bryars\u00a0with pianists Matthew King and\u00a0your loyal correspondent, who is now off to practice…<\/p>\n

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Sponsors of the Lunchtime Concert series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n