Have been listening this evening to The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins and am completely swept away by it.
It was commissioned as a millennial piece by the Royal Armouries in the UK and had its world premiere in London in April 2000.
The underlying form of the Mass is amended to include secular texts and non-Christian religious texts and the overall effect is huge and immensely moving.
If I had any space on my Christmas list I would certainly be adding this - but I may end up having to buy it for myself.
Now I've heard this amazing and overwhelming piece I am amazed it hasn't featured on the radio programme Soul Music.
Perhaps it did and I missed it.
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