Set in the Oxfordshire village of Ramsden in 1916, The Choral inhabits a world where the war is distant – yet its shadow lies over every street. Many of the young men are gone to the front, their ...

From St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with music by Bob Chilcott and John Rutter. Recorded 2 December. To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Choral Evensong'.

Just before Remembrance Day, four handwritten copies of John McCrae’s iconic war poem In Flanders Fields have been recognized and added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the ...

John McCrae’s world-famous poem, reflecting on the enormous sacrifices of the First World War, will be recited countless times this Remembrance Day, as it is every year. It’s etched into the hearts of ...

During our school years we are taught many things which help us throughout our lives: reading, writing, arithmetic (but maybe not algebra). When reading poetry we are taught to read line by line. In ...

Grade 4 to 7 students at Mount Royal School in Brampton, Ont., recite John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields to mark its 110th anniversary for Remembrance Day. Conrad Black: Canada's critical economic ...

A more-than-a-century-old European beech tree located in a Vancouver Island park grew from seeds obtained in Flanders Fields, likely during the First World War, and volunteers would like to know how ...

Brass instruments are always in orchestras. French horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, tubas. It’s hard to miss what they ...

Alex Gerlman, who joined the NMSU music faculty this fall as the new Director of Choral Studies, will conduct the free ...