Many thanks to everyone who came to our concert last Friday, in the wonderful acoustics of St Gregory and St Martin church in Wye. The programme was the first opportunity for us to present three movements from Between Worlds, a new piece for choir, solo violin and ensemble inspired by the intersection between music and science by composer and violinist, Anna Phoebe. Anna joined us towards the end of the first half to perform three inner movements from the piece, written for unaccompanied choir and violin, which take the listener on a cinematic sonic odyssey into the heart of sub-molecular scientific research. The concert also included James Webb's luminous Blest are the Pure in Heart, which we are thoroughly enjoying performing this year, as well as works by Haydn, Mozart and Vivaldi for which we were joined by a five-piece string consort. The first time you present a programme for public consumption is always a little scary; have we paced it suitably; is the repertoire interesting or varied enough; is the audience engaged by what we are performing; have we included too many modern pieces ?! However, the audience was hugely receptive to Friday's programme, and it was lovely to have the first opportunity to pace and measure it in a lovely sonorous and supportive acoustic. The three movements from Between Worlds created a wonderful atmosphere, pitching colourful choral writing against the solo violin line that lifted and skirled around the vaulted roof of the church.
Our next event is this Friday (15th March), when we travel to St Michael's Church, Hernhill, to perform an evocative sequence of music and silence by candlelight in the meditative Breathing Space; admission is free, more details online here.
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Daniel hardingPianist, conductor, Deputy Director of Music, University of Kent Archives
March 2019
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