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Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation
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Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation is a Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series running in 2017-18 at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. It brings together academics from many different fields, politicians and leading figures from cultural policy and the charitable sector. They are joined by novelists, poets, artists and musicians whose work has marked war in some way. The Series is divided into three strands - Textual, Monumental, and Aural Commemoration - and is guided by three overarching questions: Who is commemoration for and why? How does commemoration lead to reconstruction and reconciliation? What is the future of commemoration?
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Susie Campbell speaks to Niall Munro
Aug 6, 201800:29:49Tap to summarizeSusie Campbell talks to Niall Munro about her experience as poet-in-residence during the Post-War seminar series 2017-18.
Transcribe →A Crack of Light: Poetry Reading
Aug 6, 201801:13:55Tap to summarizePoems of commemoration, reconstruction and reconciliation from the Post-War series' poets-in-residence. Poets Susie Campbell, Patrick Toland, Mariah Whelan and Susie Zatland share their new poetry created especially for the 2017-18 Mellon-Sawyer series Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation.
Transcribe →Alex Donnelly speaks to Niall Munro
Jul 31, 201800:12:12Tap to summarizeAlex Donnelly talks to Niall Munro about his work on the ecology of conflict, the interpretative role of academic research, and his interest in the 'lone voices' in poetry.
Transcribe →Jon Stainsby speaks to Johana Muskalova
Jul 31, 201800:14:08Tap to summarizeJon Stainsby talks to Johana Muskalova about the relationship between music and commemoration and his experience as a performer. Baritone soloist Jon Stainsby performed in the European premiere of Anthony Ritchie's oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on Saturday 2 June 2018. This performance was part of the Remembrance Concert marking the culmination of the Mellon-Sawyer seminar series 2017-18 'Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation'. The concert featured the Parliament Choir, members of the City Choir Dunedin, and the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Simon Over
Transcribe →Anna Leese speaks to Niall Munro
Jul 31, 201800:11:44Tap to summarizeAnna Leese speaks to Niall Munro about her personal connections to commemorations of war and the performance of commemorative music. Soprano soloist Anna Leese performed in the European premiere of Anthony Ritchie's oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on Saturday 2 June 2018. This performance was part of the Remembrance Concert marking the culmination of the Mellon-Sawyer seminar series 2017-18 'Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation'. The concert featured the Parliament Choir, members of the City Choir Dunedin, and the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Simon Over.
Transcribe →Simon Over speaks to Rita Phillips
Jul 31, 201800:15:53Tap to summarizeConductor Simon Over talks to Rita Phillips about the performance of commemorative musical works. Simon Over, Musical Director of the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted the European premiere of Anthony Ritchie's oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on Saturday 2 June 2018. This performance was part of the Remembrance Concert marking the culmination of the Mellon-Sawyer seminar series 2017-18 'Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation'.
Transcribe →Anthony Ritchie speaks to Catherine Gilbert
Jul 31, 201800:12:31Tap to summarizeComposer Anthony Ritchie talks to Catherine Gilbert about the relationship between music, war and remembrance in his oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme. The European premiere of New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie's oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme was performed at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on Saturday 2 June 2018, as part of the Remembrance Concert marking the end of the Mellon-Sawyer seminar series 2017-18 'Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation'. The concert featured the Parliament Choir, members of the City Choir Dunedin, and the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Simon Over, as well as soloists Anna Leese (soprano) and Jon Stainsby (baritone). In this interview, Ritchie reflects on the challenges of composing a piece of music commemorating the First World War and how he drew inspiration from a range of texts, including soldiers' diaries, war poetry and song.
Transcribe →Interview with Lord William Wallace
Jul 30, 201800:22:46Tap to summarizeLord William Wallace, member of the Parliament Choir, talks to Professor Kate McLoughlin about the centenary commemorations of the First World War.
Transcribe →John Dunston speaks to Kate McLoughlin
Jul 30, 201800:27:06Tap to summarizeJohn Dunston and Kate McLoughlin explore varieties of religious silence and the relationship between silence and commemoration.
Transcribe →Lydia Wilson speaks to Alex Donnelly
Jul 30, 201800:11:38Tap to summarizeLydia Wilson talks to Alex Donnelly about commemoration as a narrative for the future in the Middle East
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