Sunday Feature: Dawn on the SommeSeries 1, episode 0Kate Kennedy explores the Somme history and legacy through the lives of British composers and musicians who fought on the battlefields of Picardie in 1916. She follows in the footsteps of George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, Arthur Bliss and his clarinettist brother Kennard, and Frederick Septimus Kelly. Through their own words and their music, Kate traces the human stories and examines some of the wider questions which historians still argue about today, and looks at the role which music plays in this complex narrative. With contributions from historians Gary Sheffield and Marjolaine Boutet, cultural historian Jay Winter and Herve Francois, director of the Historial museum in Peronne Click to see when Sunday Feature, Dawn on the Somme is coming up on UK TV |
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