A musical portrait of one of the most tumultuous years of our history

1917’s battles of Bapaume, Arras, Bullecourt, the Russian Revolution, the French Army’s revolt, the Birth of Finland, and the battles of 3rd Ypres, Passchendaele and the Charge at Beersheba.

Book online $50/$45 or purchase tickets at the door $55/$50

Program

1917 compositions by Lili Boulanger, Ivor Gurney, Louis Vierne, Benjamin
Dale, Ervin Schulhoff, Jean Sibelius and Sergei Prokofiev

Plus a preview of The Diggers’ Requiem, with premieres of work by Nigel
Westlake, Alex Lithgow, Richard Mills and Elena Kats-Chernin

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PATRONS MUST BE SEATED BY 6.10 PM FOR 6.30PM START

1917: measuring the cost citizen-soldiers paid for peace

Performers

Louise Page soprano, Christina Wilson mezzo soprano, Timothy Young
piano, David Pereira cello, Paul Goodchild trumpet, the Sculthorpe String
Quartet, Christopher Latham violin and director
Duration 2 hours