World War I Remembrance Concert: Bath Cantata Group at St Stephen's Church, Bath on Saturday 24th November 2018

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

World War I Remembrance Concert

Bath Cantata Group

Add to my Calendar 24-11-2018 19:30 24-11-2018 21:30 36 World War I Remembrance Concert Bath Cantata Group recalls the end of World War I with a concert full of music for remembrance. Karl Jenkins’ evocative and powerful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace leads the billing, dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Alongside this is Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem written in 1936 as a plea for peace by referring to recent wars during the growing fears of a new one. John Tavener’s Exhortation & Kohima beautifully state the familiar texts ‘They shall grow not old’ and ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow we gave our today’. This concert promises a moving and poignant evening and we’d be honoured to have you with us. St Stephen's Church, Bath DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Stephen's Church
Lansdown Road
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5SX
England

Saturday 24th November 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

John Tavener – Exhortation & Kohima
Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem

Performers

Julia O'Connor – soprano
Ashley Bremner – baritone
Neil Moore – Conductor

Bath Cantata Group

Programme Note

Bath Cantata Group recalls the end of World War I with a concert full of music for remembrance. Karl Jenkins’ evocative and powerful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace leads the billing, dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Alongside this is Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem written in 1936 as a plea for peace by referring to recent wars during the growing fears of a new one. John Tavener’s Exhortation & Kohima beautifully state the familiar texts ‘They shall grow not old’ and ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow we gave our today’.

This concert promises a moving and poignant evening and we’d be honoured to have you with us.

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