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Armistice Centenary Concert

Royal Free Music Society & The Zemel Choir with members of the Wallace Ensemble

Add to my Calendar 18-11-2018 19:30 18-11-2018 21:30 36 Armistice Centenary Concert For this Armistice Centenary Concert, the choirs will perform the world premiere of a new composition by their joint Musical Director, Benjamin Wolf.   ‘Armistice’ was specially composed for the occasion.  The contemplative work combines arrangements of popular World War 1 songs with haunting war poems and sacred funerary texts set to original music.    They will also perform ‘The Spirit of England’ – Sir Edward Elgar’s requiem to the millions of war dead.  Set to the poems of Laurence Binyon, it was composed and had its first performance while Europe was still being ravaged by war.  In addition, the programme will include work by Finzi, Ravel, Fauré and Schubert.  Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church
North Square
Hampstead
London
NW11 7AA
England

Programme

Edward Elgar – The Spirit of England, Op.80
Benjamin Wolf – Armistice
Maurice Ravel – Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis, M.69 no.2
Gerald Finzi – No More The Heat o' The Sun, Op.18 no.3

Performers

Benjamin Wolf – Conductor
Charlotte-Anne Shipley – soprano
Edmund Hastings – tenor

Royal Free Music Society Choir
Zemel Choir
Wallace Ensemble

Programme Note

For this Armistice Centenary Concert, the choirs will perform the world premiere of a new composition by their joint Musical Director, Benjamin Wolf.   ‘Armistice’ was specially composed for the occasion.  The contemplative work combines arrangements of popular World War 1 songs with haunting war poems and sacred funerary texts set to original music.   

They will also perform ‘The Spirit of England’ – Sir Edward Elgar’s requiem to the millions of war dead.  Set to the poems of Laurence Binyon, it was composed and had its first performance while Europe was still being ravaged by war. 

In addition, the programme will include work by Finzi, Ravel, Fauré and Schubert. 

Composer and conductor, Benjamin Wolf

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