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9 Jul 2016, Lichfield Cathedral
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ NOW 2015-16 Season Lichfield Festival

Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales
Lichfield Festival
19:00 Sat 9 Jul 2016 Lichfield Cathedral
From Lichfield Cathedral, the Orchestra reflects on World War One with performances of the Lark Ascending and Symphony No.5 by Vaughan Williams
From Lichfield Cathedral, the Orchestra reflects on World War One with performances of the Lark Ascending and Symphony No.5 by Vaughan Williams

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Lichfield Festival

From Lichfield Cathedral, the Orchestra reflects on World War One with performances of the Lark Ascending and Symphony No.5, offering a glimpse of Vaughan Williams at his most pastoral and reflective. Colin Matthew's extraordinary No Man's Land performed by baritone Roderick Williams and tenor Robin Tritschler - which premiered to great acclaim at the 2011 Proms - uses a text by Christopher Reid to evoke the many facets of war: grim black humour, desperation, patriotic songs on a honky-tonk piano and ricocheting orchestral tuttis.