Paul Smith: War from A New World

Paul Smith: War from A New World

A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets.

The music and texts link to form a narrative that questions what sort of ‘New Worlds’ have come into existence, or could be created in our future, and considers how we balance human traits of fear, displacement, isolation and conflict with equally human traits of love, hope, forgiveness and unity.

4. War

A dramatic fourth movement with SATB choir, piano and timpani depicting the horrors of war with text by Wilfred Owen.