{"id":7280,"date":"2016-02-18T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2016-02-18T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:52:59","slug":"image-gallery-cecilian-choir-and-sinfonia-recreate-the-splendour-of-the-sun-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/02\/18\/image-gallery-cecilian-choir-and-sinfonia-recreate-the-splendour-of-the-sun-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Image Gallery: Cecilian Choir and Sinfonia recreate the splendour of the Sun King"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University Cecilian Choir, Sinfonia and soloists came together yesterday for a sumptuous recreation of the splendour of the Sun King, in a programme of music and readings celebrating Lully.<\/p>\n

\"AH4A4117\"Conducted by Dan Harding, costumed performers patrolled the foyer before being summoned into the re-imagined concert-hall by a side-drum, heralding the start of a selection of sacred and secular works which revisited the lavish entertainments of the court of the Sun King.<\/p>\n

\"AH4A4078\" \"AH4A4083\" \"AH4A4091\" \"AH4A4130\" \"AH4A4136\" \"AH4A4151\" \"AH4A4166\" \"AH4A4174\"The same forces combine on Thursday 31 March<\/strong> at St Peter’s Methodist Church, in Canterbury, when they will unleash the high drama of two of Vivaldi’s choral works, the Credo<\/em> and Magnificat<\/em>, alongside a trio sonata and Mozart’s Ave Verum<\/em>; more details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos \u00a9 Matt Wilson \/ University of Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n