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Details

Holy Apostles Church
London Road
Charlton Kings

Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 6HW
England


Programme

Karl JenkinsThe Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)

Performers

David Crown – Conductor

Cheltenham Bach Choir

Programme Note

Join Cheltenham Bach Choir and conductor David Crown for a wonderful day of music, singing Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man". Registration is from 10am, and there will be a sing-through at 3pm so invite your friends and family!
 

The Armed Man is subtitled "A Mass for Peace" and was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Like Benjamin Britten's War Requiem before it, it is essentially an anti-war piece and is based on the Catholic Mass, which Jenkins combines with other sources, principally the 15th-century folk song "L'homme armé" in the first and last movements.    Since its first performance, it has remained one of the UK’s most popular pieces of contemporary music.

 


Come & Sing: The Armed Man

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