We have received notification of an outstanding concert that is being organised for 29th June, 2014 at Echternach. I attach below the text of the e-mail from Paul James, who is one of the managers of the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO), and is an alumnus of Clare College and St John’s.
“I would be grateful if you would draw your members attention to the special ‘Concert for Peace’ which will be taking place in the Basilique in Echternach, Luxembourg, on Sunday 29th June 2014 at 20.30.
The performance will be given by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge with the European Union Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen. The concert will mark the 100th anniversary of the incident which sparked the first World War: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914.
The music to be performed reflects the occasion with magnificant choral works by Handel, his Te Deum for the Peace of Utrecht and the Ode for Queen Anne (both written in 1713), Croft’s The Soul of Musick is the Soul of Peace, an orchestral work by Muffat ‘harmony of nations’ and Clare Choir conducted by their Music Director Graham Ross will sing Howells’ evocative motet Take him Earth for cherishing, which was composed in memoriam J F Kennedy.
You can find more information by following this link
Do you think there would be a possibility of marketing this event to your members? I am sure that Graham Ross and members of the choir would be happy to meet and chat.
I am a Cambridge alumnus myself, as is the orchestral manager (Emma Wilkinson, Downing 82-85) and, assuming there is an Oxford Society in Luxembourg as well, the countertenor soloist, Alex Potter was at New College.
Emma and I are frquent visitors to Luxembourg as EUBO, the orchestra we manage, is “orchestra-in-residence” in Echternach.”
This promises to be one of the most significant cultural events in Luxembourg during the summer, and I thoroughly recommend it to you. Please pass the message as widely as possible.
Tickets can be acquired at the usual outlets including at http://www.luxembourg-ticket.lu/8/eid,5280/european-union-baroque-orchestra,-dir-lars-ulrik-mortensen,.html
Members of the Oxford and the Cambridge Societies and their guests are cordially invited to join us for the 2014 annual Varsity Croquet Match and barbecue / buffet lunch. As last year this will take place in the delightful garden of Chris and Anna Vaudrey in Useldange.
