The Kana Choir, a new classical choral music choir based in Menai Bridge, will be recording at Bangor Cathedral next week for Patrick Hawes’ The Great War Symphony, a choral symphony to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The performance will be premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 October 2018 in aid of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, and in partnership with Classic FM.
Kana will perform alongside soloists Louise Alder (soprano) and Joshua Ellicott (tenor) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a massed choir of singers including members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Youth Choir, Berkshire Youth Choir, Invictus Games Choir, the Band of the Household Cavalry, State Trumpeters, Fanfare Trumpeters of the RAF and the Corps of Drums and Bugles of the Royal Marines. In addition to Kana, the National Youth Choir of Scotland, Cross Border Youth Choir (Ireland and Northern Ireland) will be beamed virtually into the Royal Albert Hall from around the country.
The choir will be recorded and filmed next week with Patrick Hawes in Bangor Cathedral on Thursday (12th July) between 2.30 and 9.30pm and the singing and footage will appear on two giant video screens in the Royal Albert Hall so that they appear to be performing live with the other groups in the Royal Albert Hall for the world premiere.
Members of the Kana choir who also have very personal World War One connections, including grandads, great-grandads and great uncles who fought in the war.
The radio broadcast will be heard by millions across world and the event will also promote the scope of the critically important work of SSAFA, the oldest tri-service charity focussed on supporting Armed Services families.
