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John Newton’s famous words are inextricably fused with one of the world’s most iconic tunes. How do you celebrate Amazing Grace with a new composition? And, should we be celebrating it at all? Composer Roderick Williams on how he wrote Forever?
How amazing that 250 years later, the words written by a former slave trader, turned cleric, have uplifted generations of people around the world, regardless of their faith or creed, during some.