{"id":6750,"date":"2015-06-11T09:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T08:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2015-06-11T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:00:32","slug":"summer-music-week-days-three-and-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/06\/11\/summer-music-week-days-three-and-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Music Week: days Three and Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

The music continues unabated this week as Summer Music Week<\/strong> rings around the building; days Three and Four saw a lunchtime recital by some of the University Music Scholars, followed by the annual awarding of the Music Prizes; performers Jonathan Butten, Anne Engels, Rianna Carr<\/strong> and John Gabriel<\/strong> together with guest Benedict Pree<\/strong>ce performed two movements from Ravel’s magical Mother Goose Suite<\/em>; Emily Farrell<\/strong> demonstrated the euphonium’s light-footed side in an arrangements of Mozart’s Rondo alla turca<\/em>; cellist Faith Chan<\/strong> and mezzo-soprano Charley Tench<\/strong> performed Purcell’s Dido’s Lament;<\/em> and harpist Emma Murton<\/strong> gave a dazzling rendition of Debussy’s first Arabesque<\/em> and Salzedo’s shimmering Chanson dans la nuit. <\/em>The concert was also the first formal outing for the department’s newly-commissioned harpsichord, a stunning instrument built by Andrew Wooderson, and a generous donation by\u00a0Dr James and Jenny Bird, for which we are immeasurably grateful.<\/p>\n