A performance exploring the brutality and futility of war, and the peace and solace to be found in the natural world. Featuring the exciting teenage voices of the National Youth Choir with cellist Joely Koos, this promises to be a moving and uplifting concert experience.

Be transported by a beautiful programme of music for choir and cello, including Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s A Farewell to Arms and Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow. The concert is bookended by two contemplative works from the Russian Orthodox tradition - Rachmaninoff’s Borogoditse Dyevo and John Tavener’s Syvati.

National Youth Choir (15-18 Years)
Matthew Quinn principal conductor
Joely Koos cello

Programme to include
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Borogoditsye Yevo
Alexander L’Estrange - Lighten Our Darkness
Kristina Arakelyan - To a Skylark
Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow
Kim André Arnesen - Do Not Neglect
Richard Rodney Bennett - Farewell to Arms
Moses Hogan - Hear My Prayer
Michael Tippett - 'Deep River' from Five Spirituals (From a Child of Our Time)
Veljo Tomis - Curse upon Iron
John Tavener - Svyati