All Those Men Who Marched Away (2018)

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Released in the centenary year of the end of the First World War, Ken Johnston and Jim Maxwell’s powerful cantata All Those Men Who Marched Away explors the lives of the soldiers who served during that conflict.

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Released in the centenary year of the end of the First World War, Ken Johnston and Jim Maxwell’s powerful cantata All Those Men Who Marched Away explors the lives of the soldiers who served during that conflict.

The suite of six songs tells the tales of the troops from their early optimism and hopes of being home for Christmas to the remembrance of the fallen soldiers.

This recording features: NYCOS National Boys Choir, Christopher Bell (conductor), Stuart Hope (piano) & Jamie MacDougall (narrator).

Tracklist (includes versions of each track with and without narration)

  • Summer 1914
  • Home Before Christmas
  • The PBI
  • Part-Time Soldier
  • Kitchener’s Army
  • Memorial


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