2018 Spring Concert
Karl Jenkins’ - “The Armed Man”- A Mass for peace
Commemorating 100 years since the end of WW I (1918-2018)
Date: 14th April 2018
Location: Ashton Hall, George Street, Lancaster LA1 1PJ
Commemorating 100 years since the end of WW I (1918-2018)
Date: 14th April 2018
Location: Ashton Hall, George Street, Lancaster LA1 1PJ
Reviews
"Both the Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayoress enjoyed the music having played a number of the pieces themselves as members of Morcambe Brass Band. They found the Call to Prayers particularly moving."
Mayor and Mayoress of Lancaster 2017-18
"Thank you very much to all those who arranged and took part in The Armed Man. It was a truly magnificent evening brilliantly arranged and performed."
Raymond Hirst,
President, Chairman, Secretary and Branch Community Support Representative, Lancaster Royal British Legion.
Mayor and Mayoress of Lancaster 2017-18
"Thank you very much to all those who arranged and took part in The Armed Man. It was a truly magnificent evening brilliantly arranged and performed."
Raymond Hirst,
President, Chairman, Secretary and Branch Community Support Representative, Lancaster Royal British Legion.
The Royal British Legion & Local Armed Forces Associations
paraded their standards during the following pieces:
A bucket collection collected £620 for the work of Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - Thank you to all who supported them.
The Royal British Legion & Local Armed Forces Associations
paraded their standards during the following pieces:
- The Armed Man
- Charge! (Including "The Last Post")
- Better is Peace
A bucket collection collected £620 for the work of Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - Thank you to all who supported them.
See video clips further down the page
ProgrammeCrown Imperial March
Sir William Walton Hymn to the Fallen John Williams Readings of Poetry and Prose 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen read by Phil Moore 'Last Post' by Carol Ann Duffy read by Andy Dobel 'Now the Guns Have Stopped' by Guy Wi!son read by Finley Clifton For the Fallen Douglas Guest Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Sir Edward Elgar *** Interval *** 'A letter from the front' read by Finley Clifton The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace Sir Karl Jenkins The Armed Man is a Mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, subtitled "A Mass for Peace". The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Like Benjamin Britten's War Requiem before it, it is essentially an anti-war piece and is based on the Catholic Mass, which Jenkins combines with other sources, principally the fifteenth century folk song "L'homme armé" in the first and last movements. It was written for SATB chorus with soloists (soprano and Muezzin) and a symphonic orchestra. Guy Wilson, then master of the museum, selected the texts for the mass.
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Full Orchestra: Leader - Julian Cann
Conductor - John Perrin 
Soprano Soloist
Rebecca Chandler 
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We would like to thank the following Standard Bearers for their time and commitment in supporting our event.
Name |
Organisation |
Branch |
John Smullen |
Royal British Legion - Lancashire |
Lancaster |
Bill Williams |
Royal British Legion - Lancashire |
Lancaster Deputy - carrying on behalf of Roger Dunn, Garstang Branch |
Edgar Holme |
Royal British Legion - Cumbria |
Windermere |
Graeme Austin |
Royal Air Forces Association |
Morecambe & Lancaster |
Anthony Boswell |
Merchant Navy Association |
Morecambe Bay |
Richard Glenister |
Submariners Association |
Morecambe Bay |
Video Clips
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We Will Remember Them
