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Credit: Music in Action
An online concert featuring over 100 musicians will take place to mark 76 years since Jersey s Liberation.
The Virtual Liberation Day Celebration will be streamed via the internet, featuring local artists as well as acclaimed musicians from around the world.
It has been organsied by Music in Action, A Jersey Charity which aims to inspire children to take up music and give help and support to the elderly and infirm.
Of course lock-down hasn’t been as difficult as life for those in the occupation. But for islanders today, as we look back at the panic about whether there would be food in the shops, the stay at home orders and curfews, the ban on travel, will probably be the closest that we get to experiencing those terrible times.
WTJU Mar 1st, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
This is the second Christopher Gunning release from Signum Classics. And like the first, it’s a collection of beautifully-crafted music with first-rate performances. Gunning composes of both film and the concert hall. The skills needed for the former benefit his work in the latter.
Gunning’s Violin Concerto was inspired by a hiking trip in Wales. He paints a vivid picture of the experience. In the first movement, the violin flits about thither and yon over the orchestra’s rich harmonies.
It sounded to me like a distant cousin of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Lark Ascending.” But there’s more to this work than that. In the other movements, the violin seems to take a different role, conveying the emotions Gunning experienced during the hike.