{"id":7451,"date":"2016-04-01T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T10:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:24:15","slug":"cecilian-choir-and-sinfonia-bring-alive-the-drama-of-vivaldi-and-mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2016\/04\/01\/cecilian-choir-and-sinfonia-bring-alive-the-drama-of-vivaldi-and-mozart\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecilian Choir and Sinfonia bring alive the drama of Vivaldi and Mozart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the combined forces of the University Cecilian Choir and Sinfonia<\/strong>, who yesterday came together in the bright and airy interior of St Peter’s Methodist Church for an Easter programme of Vivaldi and Mozart.<\/p>\n

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Conducted by Your Loyal Correspondent, the drama of Vivaldi’s Credo <\/em>and Magnificat<\/em> were matched by the contemplative Ave Verum <\/em>by Mozart, and a deft Vivaldi trio sonata performed by oboists Jonny Butten and Dan Lloyd, with cellist Faith Chan.<\/p>\n

An enthusiastic audience greeted the performance with rapturous applause; our thanks to the team at St Peter’s Methodist for making us welcome, and for the post-concert refreshments which went down a storm with many of the performers afterwards, including our technician, Mike…<\/p>\n

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The final concert of the term takes place this Sunday, an all-American programme with the University Chorus and Orchestra<\/strong> and pianist Helen Crayford<\/strong>, which includes Rhapsody in Blue<\/em>; more details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos: Mike Knott<\/strong><\/p>\n