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The Poet Who Loved the War: Ivor Gurney
Part of the Clifton International Festival of Music 2018
Add to my Calendar 25-06-2018 19:30 25-06-2018 21:30 36 The Poet Who Loved the War: Ivor Gurney Uncover the remarkable story of the First World War soldier-poet-composer who broke all the rules. Ivor Gurney joined up in the hope that the ordered army life would help ease a mental health condition. Initially this shock therapy worked, but eventually the realities of war took their toll and he spent the last 15 years of his life in an asylum. The poetry he wrote there is uniquely powerful – capturing the experience of the ordinary soldier. Gurney was also an accomplished composer and all the music used in the film is his own, some of it hauntingly written on the Western Front. The Lansdown, Bristol DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Lansdown
8 Clifton Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1AF
England
Programme
Film – The Poet Who Loved the War: Ivor Gurney
Performers
Robin Willingham – Actor
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Programme Note
Uncover the remarkable story of the First World War soldier-poet-composer who broke all the rules. Ivor Gurney joined up in the hope that the ordered army life would help ease a mental health condition. Initially this shock therapy worked, but eventually the realities of war took their toll and he spent the last 15 years of his life in an asylum.
The poetry he wrote there is uniquely powerful – capturing the experience of the ordinary soldier. Gurney was also an accomplished composer and all the music used in the film is his own, some of it hauntingly written on the Western Front.
