{"id":9235,"date":"2019-02-21T10:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T10:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T10:34:03","slug":"chamber-choir-sings-choral-evensong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/21\/chamber-choir-sings-choral-evensong\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber Choir sings Choral Evensong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks and congratulations to the members of the University Chamber Choir<\/strong> on delivering a fine Choral Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral yesterday.<\/p>\n

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The University Chamber Choir preparing to process into Choral Evensong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The students travelled down the hill to participate in the centuries-old tradition of evensong, with a colourful set of Responses written by David Truslove, and the evocative anthem\u00a0Blest are the Pure in Heart<\/em> by composer James Webb, both of which rang beautifully in the lofty roof of the Quire.<\/p>\n

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Composer James Webb and daughter (centre) with the University Chamber Choir in the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And thank you to James, who had travelled down to Canterbury especially to hear the Choir perform his piece. It was a lovely opportunity for the students to participate in the daily life of the Cathedral and experience the nature of the service of Evensong.<\/p>\n

We return to the Cathedral for the annual Colyer-Fergusson concert in the Nave on Saturday 30 March,<\/strong> and the University Cecilian Choir will be singing Choral Evensong on Tuesday 28 May<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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