For the Fallen
1.10pm Friday 25 April 2014
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide
North Terrace, Adelaide
Admission $10 at Door. Doors open 12.30pmAn Uplifting Program of Music of Remembrance and Songs of Hope
From Elgar to Vera Lynn
With
Cheryl Pickering Soprano, The Graduate Singers
Karl Geiger Conductor, Andrew Georg, Piano and Organ
and Hayden King, Trumpet
“These boys gave their lives and some came home badly injured, and for some families life would never be the same. We should always remember, we should never forget, and we should teach the children to remember.” Vera Lynn.
For the Fallen at 1.10pm Friday 25 April recalls the dark days of two world wars and the music which defined the emotions of the times.
Cheryl Pickering, soprano, together with the highly acclaimed Graduate Singers, conducted by Karl Geiger, accompanist Andrew Georg and Hayden King, trumpet present a sweeping program of classical commemorative music of WW1 as well as the optimistic popular songs of WW11.
Program:
Edward Elgar: For the Fallen from The Spirit of England
Eleanor Daley: (Canadian composer)
- For the Fallen
- In Remembrance from Requiem
Joseph Twist (Australian composer) Do not stand at my grave and weep
The Last Post will be performed by Hayden King, Trumpet accompanied by the traditional Ode of Remembrance.
Conductor Karl Geiger explains: “Both the Elgar and Daley For the Fallen are settings of the Lawrence Binyon poem For the Fallen which was written in 1914.
“Soprano Cheryl Pickering will join the choir as soloist for the Elgar and perform songs made famous by The Forces Sweetheart of WW11, Dame Vera Lynn, including A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.”
For further information about the Lunchtimes at Elder Hall Concert Series please contact: Claire Oremland on 08 8 313 5925 or email: [email protected]
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