A CONCERT IN COMMEMORATION of the heroes of Northamptonshire during the First World War on the
100th anniversary of the Armistice.
The Northampton Bach choir is delighted to be taking part in a very
special concert arranged by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
and marking the centenary of the Armistice on 11th November 1918.
Following the lighting of a cresset at 7.00pm outside All Saint’s
Church by the Bishop of Peterborough and the Lord Lieutenant the
first half of the evening’s concert, commencing at 7.30pm, will
include a sequence of readings, visuals and poems commemorating
firstly three local sporting heroes including Edgar Mobbs and Walter
Tull. The second section will focus on the Northamptonshire Regiment
which suffered such huge losses in the Battle of the Somme, and the
third section will look at the effect of the war on those who
remained at home, including the boot & shoe industry, the nurses,
and the women who stayed behind. The Northampton Male Voice Choir,
conducted by Stephen Bell, will contribute a number of songs from
the period, and the readers will include local historian Graham
McKechnie, Dr Helen Stringer, Head Teacher of Northampton Girls High
School and David Laing the Lord Lieutenant.
In the second half of the concert the Bach Choir will be joined by
the Daventry Choral Society and members of Earls Barton Music to
perform music by two knights of the realm, Sir Karl Jenkins and Sir
Hubert Parry. Jenkins’ The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace was
composed in 1999, and since then it has already notched up over one
thousand performances across the globe. For this Commemoration
concert the choir perform the half-hour long Choral Suite, followed
by David Bednall’s setting of Siegfried Sassoon’s poem Everyone
Sang and the concert concludes with Parry’s great setting of
William Blake’s visionary poem Jerusalem sung by the choirs
and audience together. The second half will be conducted by Lee
Dunleavy.
The concert will be presented by John Griff of BBC Radio
Northampton. Programme:
Featuring: Graham McKechnie (BBC Radio Northampton), John Griff
(BBC Radio Northampton), Dr Helen Stringer, Head Teacher (Northampton
Girls High School), David Laing (Lord-Lieutenant).
Northampton Male Voice Choir
Northampton Bach Choir
Daventry Choral Society
Conductor –
Lee Dunleavy
Sir Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (Choral
Suite)
David Bednall – Everyone Sang
Sir C. Hubert H. Parry – Jerusalem |
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