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18/11/2018

New York and Edinburgh premieres for 'The Souls of the Righteous'

On September 22nd in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, the premiere took place of a new choral work by Paul Mealor with words by Grahame Davies.

 'The Souls of the Righteous' is a Requiem commissioned by the Chapel Royal of Scotland to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice.

The American premiere took place in Carnegie Hall in New York on Armistice day itself, November 11th, conducted by Paul Mealor, with a choir of 220 and the Distinguished Concerts Singers International and the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra.

A recording of the Edinburgh performance, with the by the National Youth Choir of Scotland and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Bell, was broadcast on Classic FM on Remembrance Sunday, November 11th at 7pm.    
Paul Mealor, Grahame Davies, and Leonard Bernstein
With Paul Mealor in the Maestro Suite after the performance in Carnegie Hall, with a picture of Leonard Bernstein.

Poster for Carnegie Hall concert

One of the posters outside the hall.

Y neuadd yn llenwi

The hall filling up

  Y neuadd yn llawn

And full.

 

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