{"id":6201,"date":"2014-12-14T09:52:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T08:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2014-12-14T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T09:01:45","slug":"alumni-soloists-return-for-december-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/12\/14\/alumni-soloists-return-for-december-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni soloists return for December concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The termly concert by the University Chorus and Orchestra last night saw three musical alumni returning to the Colyer-Fergusson Hall.<\/p>\n

Soprano Caroline Kennedy<\/strong>, tenor Andrew Macnair<\/strong> and bass Piran Legg<\/strong> came back to Kent for a performance of Mozart’s Vespers<\/em>, joined also by mezzo\u00a0Bethan Langford<\/strong>.\u00a0whilst the Orchestra furnished the remainder of the programme with Mozart’s overture to The Magic Flute<\/em> and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.<\/p>\n

Under the baton of Sue Wanless, the Orchestra delivered a sprightly and rousing reading of the Beethoven, in particular with an agile second movement that deftly steered clear of the more usual funereal tempi often heard in performance. The concert also saw second-year violinist Chantelle Yau<\/strong> making her debut as orchestral leader.<\/p>\n