Songs and Poems of Rememberance
Holy Trinity Church Kirkby Road Ripon, HG4 2EY
25
Featuring the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, A. E. Housman, Thomas Hardy, Edith Sitwell, Simon Armitage, and others, with music by Britten, Butterworth, Byrd, Berlin, Novello, Gurney, Wood, Ola Gjeilo, Stephen Paulus, and Hildegard of Bingen.
This concert presents songs inspired by the poetry of World War I, highlighting the works of Wilfred Owen, who wrote much of his poetry in Ripon while awaiting return to the Western Front, where he ultimately lost his life. The recital includes Owen’s poems set to music by Benjamin Britten in his War Requiem and Canticle III, a piece for tenor, piano, and horn inspired by Edith Sitwell’s poem reflecting on the 1940 London air raids.
Adults: £25
Students: FREE