{"id":7308,"date":"2016-02-23T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7308"},"modified":"2016-02-23T10:12:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T10:12:30","slug":"anthem-for-kent-for-heartkentradio-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/02\/23\/anthem-for-kent-for-heartkentradio-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthem for Kent for HeartKentRadio: part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early risers may have caught Your Loyal Correspondent live on air this morning, talking on Heart Kent Radio<\/a><\/strong> about the Anthem for Kent<\/em> which presenters James and Becky have put together.<\/p>\n

This stirring, majestic eulogy to the glories of the county – think Elgar and Walton – celebrates its Roman roads, its White Cliffs, as a ‘Garden of England green,’ and I rashly suggested that what better than a choral arrangement of the piece sung by the University Cecilian Choir ? A piece about the county sung by the county’s University seemed a great idea whilst listening to it in my car in the white-heat of the school run a couple of weeks ago, a thought I carelessly voiced out loud and to which my children immediately yelled ‘WE DARE YOU!’<\/p>\n

\"Kent_Anthem_early_draft\"So, here we are; I’ve now made a start on converting the piece to a full arrangement for mixed choir, which the Cecilian Choir will then need to learn. We’ll keep you posted as to how it’s progressing. It’s my children’s fault…<\/p>\n

Who knows, maybe a performance in the Royal Albert Hall, anyone ?!<\/p>\n