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MALTA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAKORMALTAMICHAEL LAUS ConductorRICCARDO BIANCHI ChoirmasterFRANCESCA AQUILINA SopranoCLARE GHIGO AltoDAVID LEE TenorMIGUEL ROSALES BassKarl Jenkins The Armed Man, A Mass for PeaceCommissioned by the Royal Armouries museum for ....

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MALTA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
KORMALTA
MICHAEL LAUS Conductor
RICCARDO BIANCHI Choirmaster

FRANCESCA AQUILINA Soprano
CLARE GHIGO Alto
DAVID LEE Tenor
MIGUEL ROSALES Bass

Karl Jenkins The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace

Commissioned by the Royal Armouries museum for its millennium celebrations, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man is a musical setting of the Catholic Mass which also incorporates other religious and historical sources, including the Islamic call to prayer sung by a muezzin.

Put together, these elements create a work which charts a descent into war and all the horror that it brings, as the opening martial themes make way for darker, mournful ones. But the work ends on a hopeful note, auguring for a future in which war and sorrow are overcome.