Record

Performance TitleThe Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, in aid of Combat Stress
Performance Date3 April 2022
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersEmily Gray - vocals,
Manvinder Rattan - muezzin
Orchestra or BandEnglish Festival Orchestra
ChoirsThe Really Big Chorus (1,000 voices)
ConductorsBrian Kay
Set List'Pomp and Circumstance March No.4,' Elgar,
'Orchestral Rhapsody - A Shropshire Lad,' Butterworth,
'Tone Poem - Finlandia', Sibelius
INTERVAL
'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace,' Jenkins
Performance NotesThe Really Big Chorus returns with 1,000+ voices to showcase Sir Karl Jenkins’ 20th-century choral classic The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace with a supporting programme of popular orchestral works. Come and be amazed by the power and commitment of this splendid chorus, comprising choirs and individual singers from all over the UK and abroad.

The Armed Man fuses words and music from many different centuries and cultures in condemnation of war and the misery it brings: war – wherever it is – diminishes us all. The words of the Latin Mass are juxtaposed with the Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer), with the Mahabharata (an ancient Indian epic) and poetry from across the world.

Hospitality Dining tickets were availble for £219.50 which included stalls seat, champagne, three course dinner in Coda, wine, beverages and souvenir programme.
Ticket Prices£20-£59.50
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12509The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, in aid of Combat Stress1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/776The Really Big Chorus; 1974-; British choral society
DS/UK/873English Festival Orchestra; 1984 -; English orchestra
DS/UK/21774Gray; Emily; British mezzo soprano
DS/UK/20516Rattan; Manvinder (fl 1980s-); British musical director
DS/UK/872Kay; Brian (fl 2012); English radio presenter, conductor, singer
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