From gut-wrenching anger to heartfelt sorrow, fleeting memories of happiness and mournful cries, the beautiful music communicates directly from the soul.Ħ. One of the most mournful cello melodies in all of the classical canon, Fauré's Elegy captures an impressive range of emotions. It was commissioned to be performed in Coventry Cathedral, marking its consecration after the original building was destroyed in 1940. He was killed at the age of 31 during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.īritten's stunning War Requiem sets poetry by war poet Wilfred Owen alongside traditional Latin Requiem mass texts. Butterworth composed the piece in 1913, and it was first performed in the following year. Butterworth - The Banks of Green WillowĪ beautiful piece of pastoral music, conjuring idyllic scenes of rolling countryside. Read more: Lest we forget – the best music for Remembrance Dayģ. Respectful and regal, the march-like rhythms gradually die away until the music comes to rest on a long held note. New arrangements, such as David Hill's choral reworking of Edward Elgar's Nimrod, are included with other new works by some of the best contemporary composers.The mournful solo bugle with its sparse melodic military call is played at services throughout the country on Remembrance Sunday. We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance includes classic choral works such as Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, Edgar Bainton's And I saw a new heaven and William Harris's Bring us, O Lord God alongside other works by well-loved composers, including John Tavener, Richard Rodney, Paul Mealor and Eric Whitacre. It contains music appropriate for Remembrance Sunday services, and beautiful pieces suitable for concerts, memorial and funeral services and other acts of remembrance and reflection. We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance is suitable for church, cathedral, school, youth and community choirs. We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance is a collection of some of the finest pieces of choral music on the theme of remembrance. It contains music appropriate for Remembrance Sunday services and beautiful pieces suitable for concerts memorial and funeral services and other acts of remembrance and reflection.We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance includes classic choral works such as Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei Edgar Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven and WilliamHarris’s Bring us O Lord God alongside other works by well-loved composers including John Tavener Richard Rodney Paul Mealor and Eric Whitacre.New arrangements such as David Hill’s choral reworking of Edward Elgar’s Nimrod are included with other new works by some of the best contemporary composers.In a glowing review in the January/February 2015 edition of Choir & Organ Jeremy Summerly writes of the appropriateness of many of these works for Remembrance concert programmes and the effectiveness of a great number of these choral pieces. We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance is a collection of some of the finest pieces of choral music on the theme of remembrance.We Will Remember Them: Music For Remembrance is suitable for church cathedral school youth and community choirs.
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