The power of anniversaries to shape our lives is undeniable. This anniversary, one hundred years since the signing of the Armistice of 1918, holds a place of particular power and poignancy. The events of the great war are part of a shared history whose horror and heroism at times defies expression. yet, for the same reasons, it is a history which has continued to resonate with each generation. The thoughts, words and actions have lost none of their intensity over the intervening years and the injunction to 'remember them' has not been unheeded. In marking the centenary of the Armistice of November 11th, 1918, here and in other places, we are once more united across time and space in countless acts of remembrance for the estimated 9.3 million members of armed forces drawn from across the globe which include the 92 members of our own school community, boys and members of staff, and the estimated 6.7 million civilian lives lost.
Stravinsky's 'A Soldier's Tale', composed at the close of the war, captures many of the contradictory attitudes of idealism and bitterness expressed at the time.
Performers:
Alex Laing - Violin
Jacob Lee - Double Bass
Philip Montero - Clarinet
Philip Brookes - Bassoon
Dan Robertson - Trumpet
Andy Derrick - Trombone
Mark Lloyd - Percussion
Simon Hogg - Conductor
Trois Dances - Soldier's Tale, Igor Stravinsky | |
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