First World War Centenary Concert

St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, London
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This event ended on Tuesday 30th of October 2018
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Location

St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, London

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Pimlico 0.38 miles

To mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, pianist Megumi Fujita presents a concert of music by composers who were involved or connected by the War: Ralph Vaughan Williams was a stretcher-bearer with the Royal Army Medical Corps; Maurice Ravel enlisted as a truck driver; Enrique Granados drowned when his cross-channel ferry was torpedoed in 1916; and Claude Debussy died in the last year of the War, his funeral marked by bombardment in Paris.

The programme is complimented by the World Premiere of Variations on Papaver Rhoeas by Michael Stimpson. 'Papaver Rhoeas' is the Latin name for the Remembrance poppy, characterised by four petals which surround the central black core. Written in the shape of the flower, the piece is a symbol for all those affected by conflict, in World War One and beyond.

PROGRAMME

Vaughan Williams Suite of Six pieces

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin

Stimpson Variations on Papaver Rhoeas (World Premiere)

Granados Quejas o La Maja y el Ruisenor’

Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse

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