VOICES FOR PEACE ‘

Lot’s Wives for chorus and solo cello, poem by Pireeni Sundaralingam; Premiere February 3rd, by The Chapel Choir, University College, Oxford, conducted by Giles Underwood, Director of Music.

An evening of music and readings reflecting on the impact of war and the hope for peace. The concert will feature Univ’s Chapel Choir as well as the professional ensemble, Martlet Voices. The singers will be joined by cellist, Richard Tunnicliffe and led by Giles Underwood, Univ’s Director of Music. The central work will be the world premiere of Lot’s Wives by celebrated American composer, Bruce Adolphe. This piece uses text from the poem of the same name by Univ’s Poet Laureate, Pireeni Sundaralingam (1986, Experimental Psychology).

There will also be music by Richard Rodney Bennett, C H H Parry, Herbert Howells, Janet Wheeler and Sasha Johnson Manning. The readings will include poems by the College Poet Laureate and members of the College community.