The Old Lie - a new choral composition about war - Part Two (The Epilogue)

This is the short Epilogue of The Old Lie - a new composition by Jon Arterton (founder of the a cappella group The Flirtations) for chorus, narrator and instruments. It's based on the words of First World War poet Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est." It contains photo images from the war. The piece is 12-minutes long. It's recommended that you watch Part One first. More information can be found at www.TheOldLie.com.

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Music

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• choral
• chorus
• war
• ant-war
• wilfred
• owen
• arterton
• flirtations
• choir
• sing
• peace
• provincetown
• dulce
• protest

[RussMoxham]

Personally I would not have touched this with a bargepole after Britten, but your motivation can hardly be faulted.

[daniel15671]

My hope is that humanity will one day learn that we do not have to do the will of the power hungry. I, for one, am not content to wait until the Lord returns. That, I am afraid, is simply another lie calculated to get the populace to submit and endure.

Beautifully conceived and executed. I hope that many hear this beautiful work.

[cassidy99ful]

world war three will be fought with nuclear missiles world war four will be fought with sticks and stones.

[whughey42]

Hi John,

Well-conceived and well-composed. The piece was very moving. War is an awful thing. But the alternative is often worse-to allow tyrannical leaders to suppress us and rob us of our freedom. We'll have peace when the Lord returns; but until then it will unfortunately be a struggle to maintain peace.

Bill H.

[jmmymak]

wow! Really powerful.