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'FAFAIA' (2018)

For Choir and Piano

Duration: 3'

Commissioned for the LSO Community Choir through the LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme, generously supported by Helen Hamlyn and the Helen Hamlyn Trust. First Performed at LSO St Luke’s, London, 16th November 2018.

‘Fafaia’ (2018) for choir and piano is a setting of the poem of the same name by the World War I poet, Rupert Brooke. Known for his somewhat idealistic portrayals of World War I, Brooke’s poem is simple and reflective, which he wrote when he was in Saanapu in November 1913. It can be interpreted to be about shared experiences, however fleeting, befitting to both war comrades as well as wider human relationships. ©G.E.M.2018

©Cover Image: 'Fafaia' Painting by Grace-Evangeline Mason 2018

Grace-Evangeline Mason, 2017 LSO Panufnik Composer, was commissioned to write a piece for the LSO Community Choir as part of our commemoration of the centenary of the 1918 Armistice. In this video Grace and members of the Community Choir describe the work and its setting of the war poetry of Rupert Brooke.

© GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON (2024)

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