The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Camilla to attend launch of requiem piece
The Duchess of Rothesay will be attending the world premiere of a new work by renowned composer Paul Mealor.
Professor Mealor, chairman of the composition department at Aberdeen University, will see his latest work, ‘Requiem: The Souls Of The Righteous’, performed by the National Youth Choir of Scotland and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
The duchess will join the audience at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh to listen to his composition, which is inspired by this year’s centenary of the end of the First World War.
Prof Mealor said: “I was acutely aware of the need to create something that not only commemorates the centenary of the end of the First World War but that is reflective and considers how people today think about conflict.”
His music will be performed with words from esteemed poet Grahame Davies, whose inspiration came from reading letters sent between soldiers and their family members during the war.
Tickets are sold out but there will be a chance on Remembrance Sunday to listen on Classic FM.