{"id":8431,"date":"2017-12-13T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=8431"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T11:40:31","slug":"tis-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2017\/12\/13\/tis-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Tis the season…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, there’s a steady crescendo of events leading up to the end of the Christmas term; on Monday night, the University Chamber Choir<\/strong> performed amidst the candle-lit hush of Canterbury Cathedral as part of the University Carol Service.<\/p>\n

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Image: Matt Wilson \/ University of Kent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Second-year Matthew Cooke<\/strong> made his conducting debut with\u00a0In Dulci Jubilo<\/em>, and other carols the Choir sang included Russell Hepplewhite’s\u00a0Star of the East<\/em>, fresh from having performed it live on BBC Radio 4 last week.<\/p>\n

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Image: Matt Wilson \/ University of Kent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image: Matt Wilson \/ University of Kent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday, the String Sinfonia gave a seasonal concert amidst the current exhibition in Studio 3 Gallery as part of the continuing #EarBox series, in a programme that included Corelli’s Christmas Concerto<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Final-year student Lydia Cheng was the featured soloist in a dynamic, energy-filled performance of ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s\u00a0Four Seasons.<\/em><\/p>\n

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And there’s no respite, as the Big Band prepares for its annual Christmas Swingalong in a few hours’ time, the final event in our Christmas hamper…<\/p>\n