Remembrance: Across the Bridge of Hope

On the eve of the Armistice Centenary, The Lea Singers present a dramatic and innovative programme for Remembrance in the Lady Chapel of St Albans Cathedral, charting the world’s conflicts from Agincourt to the present day.

Transformed into an intimate concert setting, the nave of the Lady Chapel becomes the stage, blurring the boundaries between performers and audience to create a unique up-close experience that will have you caught up in the emotion of the music.

From the pomp and ceremony of soldiers marching en masse into battle in Ward Swingle’s Agincourt Song and the joie de vivre of Glen Miller’s spirit-lifting In the Mood to a poignant letter written by a dying soldier to his family in the American Civil War and a new commission which weaves together the English and German versions of Silent Night to tell the story of the famous Christmas Truce, this concert combines music, lighting and recorded audio into a moving and immersive reflection on the human cost of war.