The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
By Karl Jenkins
Directed by Daniel Canosa
Director of Music
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
With Singers from the Chancel Choir and community singers from Marin County
& Orchestra
Call to Prayer delivered by Abdul Karim Belaid, Islamic Center of Mill Valley
8 PM
SATURDAY MAY 9TH
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SAN ANSELMO
72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo 94960
A moving and powerful film will accompany the performance. Reception follows.
Suggested donation $15-30; any amount is greatly appreciated!
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About The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Written by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this piece has endured as a powerful anti-war composition and has been performed thousands of times since it premiered in 2000. The composition blends the universal themes of war and peace, and combines the traditional mass with other musical, religious, and historical sources. These include a fifteenth-century folk song, the Islamic call to prayer, the Bible, and the Mahabharata along with words from the works of Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Sankichi Toge, who survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Cost: Donation requested