The Great War Symphony [CD] [Classic FM]

The Great War Symphony [CD] [Classic FM]

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Patrick Hawes has completed his biggest and most important work to date, The Great War Symphony (in aid of SSAFA), a choral symphony to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.

The Great War Symphony is in four movements and each one reflects each year of the war Praeludium (1914-1915), March(1915-1916), Elegy(1916-1917) and Finale(1917-1918). The music is set to the affecting words of war including Wilfred Owens 1914, Seigfried Sassoons Hell Let Loose, Margaret Postgate Coles The Falling Leaves, as well as lesser known words from Sydney Bolithos Gallipoli and Moina Michaels Flanders Field.

This beautiful body of work features soloists Louise Alder (soprano) and Joshua Ellicott (tenor), alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain