One of the highlights of the Choir's performing calendar is the opportunity to sing at Canterbury Cathedral as part of the University Carol Service.
The service began with the Cathedral plunged into darkness lit only by candles, as second-year Assistant Conductor Hannah Ost conducted a lively rendering of Gaudete. Second-year postgraduate soprano, Helen Sotillo, then launched the solo opening verse of Once in royal David's city clear into the cathedral's roof, high above the heads of the expectant congregation, before the Choir sang the second verse, and the service was truly underway. Later in the service, the Choir sang a setting of Lullay My Liking by Will Inscoe, a Music Scholar and pupil at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, as well as the vigorous Ding, Dong, Merrily on High from the Pulpitum steps. Congratulations to all the Choir; Christmas is here!
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Daniel hardingPianist, conductor, Deputy Director of Music, University of Kent Archives
March 2019
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