{"id":9940,"date":"2020-03-09T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=9940"},"modified":"2020-03-09T10:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:48:38","slug":"music-on-the-marshes-and-a-russian-fairy-tale-in-a-busy-weekend-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2020\/03\/09\/music-on-the-marshes-and-a-russian-fairy-tale-in-a-busy-weekend-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music on the marshes and a Russian fairy-tale in a busy weekend of music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to all the performers involved in two concerts over the weekend, a busy time for the Music department which saw two contrasting events taking place both on and off-campus.<\/p>\n

\"\"The University Chamber Choir and Consort<\/strong> travelled to the twelfth-century church of All Saints, Graveney, on Friday afternoon, heading out across the marshes near Faversham to rehearse and perform a vibrant programme, including the European premiere of\u00a0Vow<\/em> by American composer, Jocelyn Hagen; the choir and strings came together in several works, including the fiercely dramatic setting of the Stabat Mater by Rheinberger. The concert raised over \u00a3600 towards the church’s much-needed campaign to continue as a part of the Graveney community; our thanks to all the team at the church for making us so welcome.<\/p>\n

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Second-year assistant conductor, David Curtiss, led the Choir in part of the programme including a moving setting of The Road Hom<\/em>e by Stephen Paulus.<\/p>\n

\"\"And on Sunday, members of the University Camerata<\/strong> teamed up with Senior Lecturer in Drama, Will Wollen,<\/strong> to perform Prokofiev’s popular\u00a0Peter and the Wolf<\/em> once more, in what looks set to become an annual tradition. We welcomed back some familiar faces as alumni musicians joined the ensemble of students and staff for a rousing family concert.<\/p>\n

\"\"And it doesn’t stop there: in two weeks’ time, we have two events again – Music Performance Scholars in a Lunchtime Concert on Weds 18 March<\/strong>, and the hugely-popular roof-raising gig from the University Concert and Big Bands on Friday 20 March.<\/strong> Make sure you’re keeping up…!<\/p>\n