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Music by composers who fought or died in the Battle of Somme

From Lichfield Cathedral, the Orchestra reflects on World War One with performances of the Lark Ascending and Symphony No.5 by Vaughan Williams

Conductor Mark Wigglesworth pairs the finale of Wagner’s opera *Die Walküre* with Michael Tippett’s *Child of our Time*, a pacifist oratorio infused with American spirituals.

Jac van Steen and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Dukas and a Michael Berkeley world premiere before Prokofiev’s dramatic ballet Romeo and Juliet.