{"id":6874,"date":"2016-06-20T11:05:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2016-06-20T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T10:05:41","slug":"college-orchestra-performance-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/college-orchestra-performance-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"College Orchestra Performance: 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2016\/06\/1D198_-_Richard_Dickins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6882\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2016\/06\/1D198_-_Richard_Dickins-300x200.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered this U-matic videotape of a 1982 performance by the Imperial College orchestra. Notable is the early appearance by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/music-and-arts\/about-us\/richard-dickins\">Richard Dickins <\/a>(right), this was before he had been appointed conductor and subsequently director of music at Imperial College.<\/p>\n<p>The quality and especially the colour are rather poor, but once again I&#8217;m thankful that we do at least have this recording, brought to you for the first time since being digitised.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4vKX5JX7MY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw June 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rediscovery of an early appearance of Richard Dickins conducting the college orchestra&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[604,80,82],"tags":[11291,18466,89],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-people","category-student-life","tag-music","tag-orchestra","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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