Music is armed for peace

THE Granite Belt Choir and Orchestra will perform The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace in the Swigmore Hall at Robert Channon Wines on Saturday 27 June.
The work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins is enjoying amazing popularity with performances all around the world this year, including in a number of Australia’s capital cities according to Robert Channon.
“The reasons for this work’s popularity are not difficult to find,” he said.
“It is always tuneful but is also an intensely dramatic, exciting and moving piece.
“As a Mass for Peace, it also resonates strongly in Australia in this, the centenary year of the Gallipoli campaign.
“The work, which premiered in 2000, is interspersed with traditional settings of the Mass of great peace and beauty, shows the horrors of war and ends with hope for peace.
“It is simply a wow piece of music that should not be missed.”
There will only be one performance in the Swigmore Hall at Robert Channon Wines on Saturday at 2.30pm.
Tickets are $25 including a post-performance glass of wine.
The Singing Lake Cafe will be open for lunch. Bookings are essential.
For bookings and information phone Robert Channon Wines on (07) 4683 3260.