Karl Jenkins: L’Homme Armé – A Mass for Peace    

Karl Jenkins’s L’Homme Armé: A Mass for Peace  is being performed in Innsbruck with the University Orchestra , on Saturday October 26th at 19.30, in the Messehalle.

Karl Jenkins wrote L’Homme Armé at the turn of the 21st century as anti-war piece and dedicated it to the victims of the war in Kosovo. Worldwide, it’s the most frequently performed classical work by a living composer.

In an interview for FREIRAD’s Poetry Café the conductor Claudio Büchler explains:

“Since the end of the Second World War we find ourselves in Europe in a state of war again. The danger is all too great that we slip into old patterns of behaviour, those that have defined our whole history. We, the University of Innsbruck Orchestra, would like to set a sign for all those who recognize peace. And we can do this by performing this work by Karl Jenkins in Innsbruck. The work should speak for itself, without any political statements.”

The full running order of the work:

1. The Armed Man
2. The Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
3. Kyrie
4. Save Me From Bloody Men
5. Sanctus
6. Hymn Before Action
7. Charge!
8. Angry Flames
9. Torches
10. Agnus Dei
11. Now The Guns Have Stopped
12. Benedictus
13. Better is Peace