TIRANA, April 2 – Soloists, the chorus of the Symphonic Orchestra of Kosovo will perform in Tirana this weekend as part of cultural exchange programme. The concert scheduled for Saturday, April 4, will feature The Armed Man, a mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkis, first performed in London in 2010, dedicated to victims of the Kosovo conflict in the late 1990s.
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace was commissioned by the Royal Armouries to mark the transition from one millennium to another. It reflects on the passing of ‘the most war-torn and destructive century in human history’ and looks forward in hope to a more peaceful future. The Armed Man is dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo conflict, whose tragedy was unfolding as it was being composed. It was first performed in 2000 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, conducted by Jenkins himself.
