Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace World Orchestra for Peace Chor Karl Jenkins

The concert on November 2 will bring together The World Orchestra for Peace and 2000 singers from 30 countries under the conductorship of the great composer to perform the multifaith, multilingual work where the text of the Catholic Mass is combined with other religious and historical sources, including the Mahabharata and the Islamic call to prayer. The performance will be unique with a specially commissioned war archive film reinforcing the narrative of the work projected onto five screens the build up to war, war itself and the consequences of war. New languages will be added for this historic performance when Yumeji Matsufuji sings the original Japanese words of poet, activist and survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Toge Sankichi. One movement will be performed in the Welsh language by LeahMarian Jones and German text being used for some other choral movements.