Remembrance Classics Gala Concert: In Support Of The Royal British Legion at Dorking Halls, Dorking on Sunday 13th November 2016

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Remembrance Classics Gala Concert

In Support Of The Royal British Legion

Add to my Calendar 13-11-2016 19:00 13-11-2016 21:00 36 Remembrance Classics Gala Concert Championed by Classic FM, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace commissioned by the Royal Armouries, offers hope of peace as an end to the horrors of armed conflict – one of the most popular contemporary choral works in existence. One mighty melody dominates in Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations, his affectionate musical portrait of friends and acquaintances including the famous ‘Nimrod’ featured at the Cenotaph ceremony on Remembrance Sunday each year. The World Première of Paul Carr’s exciting new Prayer of Saint Francis, (a Special RRCS 75th Anniversary Commission) looks set to take the musical world by storm with uplifiting, celebratory yet reflective moments. Dorking Halls, Dorking DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Dorking Halls
Reigate Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 1SJ
England

Sunday 13th November 2016
7:00 PM

Programme

Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
Paul Carr – Prayer of St Francis
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36

Performers

Peter Farrant – Conductor
John Beswick – Conductor

Redhill Sinfonia
Reigate and Redhill Choral Society

Programme Note

Championed by Classic FM, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace commissioned by the Royal Armouries, offers hope of peace as an end to the horrors of armed conflict – one of the most popular contemporary choral works in existence.

One mighty melody dominates in Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations, his affectionate musical portrait of friends and acquaintances including the famous ‘Nimrod’ featured at the Cenotaph ceremony on Remembrance Sunday each year.

The World Première of Paul Carr’s exciting new Prayer of Saint Francis, (a Special RRCS 75th Anniversary Commission) looks set to take the musical world by storm with uplifiting, celebratory yet reflective moments.

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