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The armed man

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​2018 Spring Concert

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​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, Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 1PL


​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."
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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.                                
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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

Programme

Crown 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
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Interval
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'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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  • ​The Armed Man - Leaflet (.pdf)
  • The Armed Man - Programme (.pdf) Contains in depth information.
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​Full Orchestra: Leader - Julian Cann
Conductor - John Perrin
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Soprano Soloist- Rebecca Chandler
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
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    • 2018 Spring - The Armed Man
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