This year's Chamber Choir sang Choral Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral last week, a brace of contemporary settings from Chichester Music Press and Canticles by Pelham Humfrey. The Choir was especially delighted to meet composer James Webb (pictured below), who had travelled down to Canterbury especially to hear the Choir perform his evocative setting of Blest are the Pure in Heart. The Choir also sang a setting of the Preces and Responses by David Truslove, a colourful setting written in the Ionian mode requiring a highly flexible rhythmic sense. It was lovely to sing in the glorious acoustic of the Cathedral Quire, and to be a part of the centuries-old tradition operating at the heart of the Cathedral's daily life. The Choir's next event is a concert at Wye Parish Church on Friday 8 March; details online here.
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Daniel hardingPianist, conductor, Deputy Director of Music, University of Kent Archives
March 2019
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