Recital: The ‘Edward Thomas Song Cycle’
- Event type
- Music, Performance, Discussion/talk
- Organisers
- Loughborough University
- Contact
- W.Van-Mierlo@lboro.ac.uk
- Is event online?
- No
- Accessibility features
- Accessible parking, Accessible toilets, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
- Accessibility information
- We encourage walking or using public transport. However, visitor parking is available on campus. Note that parking must be registered and paid in advance. Visit the link below for information.
- Accessibility links
- Visitor Parking information
- Region/country
- East Midlands
- Address
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Cope Auditorium, Edward Barnsley
Loughborough University, Epinal Way
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
Scheduled dates
, 18:00:00 - 20:00:00
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Edward Thomas (1878-1917) is one of the lesser-known Great War Poets. His work nonetheless, written in a colloquial style, stands apart from that of Wilfred Owen and Sigrid Sassoon, for its modern sensibility and direction emotion. With a nod to Benjamin Britten, local composer John Middleton set fifteen of Thomas’s poems to music (for voice and piano).
The performance will be introduced by Dr. Wim Van Mierlo (Loughborough University) with a short talk on ‘War Poetry, Commemoration, and Creative Memory’.
Find out more about ''The poetry is in the pity': War Poetry Reading at the Carillon Tower' taking place on 11 November.