Give Us Peace
GIVE US PEACE
Debut of the St. Martin's Festival Singers/Orchesta
In 1936, following his grim experiences in the First World War and amidst the gathering clouds of a second
global conflagration, Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote one of the most profound anti-war statements ever
composed, Dona nobis pacem, using texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Bible to plead his case. In
conjunction with the Stratus Chamber Orchestra (David Rutherford, conductor), the St. Martin’s Festival
Singers makes its debut, made up of the Chamber Choir plus 30-some additional voices. Also on the
program are RVW’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, together with the choral theme that inspired it,
and his Three Shakespeare Songs performed by the Chamber Choir alone.
Friday, September 16 - 7:30 St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch
Saturday, September 17 - 7:30 Augustana Lutheran Church, Denver