{"id":6126,"date":"2014-11-19T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2014-11-19T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T10:40:12","slug":"mugging-up-coldstream-guards-in-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/11\/19\/mugging-up-coldstream-guards-in-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugging up: Coldstream Guards in concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday there was a fantastic concert by the Band of the Coldstream Guards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6127 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Coldstream02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Coldstream02\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Coldstream02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Coldstream02-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>As expected the band played with military precision, and there were some virtuosic solos from all the sections, including an stunning clarinettist. A group of them even dressed up in 18th century costume and used original instruments (including a serpent) to play a march which Mozart had written for the band and then used in the <em>Marriage of Figaro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Colsdtream01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6128\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Colsdtream01.jpg\" alt=\"Colsdtream01\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Colsdtream01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2014\/11\/Colsdtream01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a>A great evening and Sue and Sophie now have regimental mugs as a memento! [Photos, please ?! 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