Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship "SONGS OF WAR" Home Sassoon Papers Sale Annual Conference 2009 Heytesbury House Photos - May 2008 ... 2008 annual conference St James Church, Piccadilly
Photo courtesy of www.en.wikipedia.org A War Poets concert, co-sponsored by the Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship and several other literary societies, took place on Saturday 25th April 2009, at St James's Church, Piccadilly, and was a great success. The concert, which has been several months in the planning, was based around a series of poems on the theme of the First World War, set to music by a variety of composers, ranging from Britten and Butterworth to contemporary composers Elaine Hugh-Jones and Alan Bullard. The latter two were both present in person to hear their work performed at the concert. The concert was introduced by Margi Blunden, daughter of the poet Edmund Blunden. Soloists Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) and William Coleman (baritone), ably accompanied by Anna Tilbrook, performed a sequence of works as follows: (music by John Ireland) (music by Ivor Gurney) (music by John Jeffreys) (music by Edward Eastaway Thomas) (music by Ivor Gurney) (music by Ian Venables) (music by Gerald Finzi) (song cycle with music by Elaine Hugh-Jones) (song cycle with music by Elaine Hugh-Jones) (song cycle with music by George Butterworth) (music by Ivor Gurney) | |
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