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From Shadows Hope Shall Rise - The Music of Reflection and Renewal
Hertfordshire Festival of Music 2025
Part of the Hertfordshire Festival of Music 2025
Add to my Calendar 07-06-2025 17:00 07-06-2025 19:00 36 From Shadows Hope Shall Rise - The Music of Reflection and Renewal Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this special concert brings together outstanding local musicians to reflect on themes of remembrance and hope.Under the direction of Chris McGinity, the Hertfordshire Festival Community Concert Band will deliver a stirring programme featuring works by John Williams, Eric Coates, and William Walton. The first half concludes with the world premiere of From Shadows Hope Shall Rise, composed by James Francis Brown, performed by a school choir and Hertford Chamber Choir, conducted by Chris McGinity.Following the interval, Manvinder Rattan, Musical Director of Hertford Chamber Choir, leads the ensemble in a selection of choral music spanning centuries. This includes Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, a powerful and moving work that blends traditional and contemporary elements to evoke both the horrors of war and the hope for peace.Set in the atmospheric All Saints' Church, Hertford, this promises to be a deeply reflective and memorable concert. All Saints Church, Hertford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
All Saints Church
Queen's Road
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8AY
England
Programme
John Williams – Hymn to the fallen
William Walton – Spitfire Prelude & Fugue
Eric Coates – Dambusters March
John Williams – Schindler's List (1993)
James Francis Brown – From Shadows Hope Shall Rise (world premiere)
~ Interval ~
Claudio Monteverdi – Sfogava con le stelle, SV 78
Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man (Mass for Peace): Choral Suite
Edward Elgar – My Love dwelt in a Northern Land, Op.18 no.3
Performers
Manvinder Rattan – Conductor
Chris McGinity – Conductor
Hertford Chamber Choir
Hertfordshire Festival of Music Concert Band
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Programme Note
Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this special concert brings together outstanding local musicians to reflect on themes of remembrance and hope.
Under the direction of Chris McGinity, the Hertfordshire Festival Community Concert Band will deliver a stirring programme featuring works by John Williams, Eric Coates, and William Walton. The first half concludes with the world premiere of From Shadows Hope Shall Rise, composed by James Francis Brown, performed by a school choir and Hertford Chamber Choir, conducted by Chris McGinity.
Following the interval, Manvinder Rattan, Musical Director of Hertford Chamber Choir, leads the ensemble in a selection of choral music spanning centuries. This includes Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, a powerful and moving work that blends traditional and contemporary elements to evoke both the horrors of war and the hope for peace.
Set in the atmospheric All Saints' Church, Hertford, this promises to be a deeply reflective and memorable concert.
