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Watch the TSO’s performance of Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation on YouTube

Apr 9, 2018 | News

To commemorate Remembrance Day, the TSO presented Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation, a soul-searching work by Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan and Suzanne Steele, Canada’s war poet in Afghanistan.

The concert, directed by Canadian conductor Tania Miller, included readings from famous war-related poems, and a warm-hearted selection by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow. The full concert is available on YouTube until April 13. Check it out! https://youtu.be/eDdgwnPYzdA.

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