The Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust

"The World Stands With Palestine"
Compositions for the Palestinian struggle

Tickets are £10 available on the door.

The Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust (CCCT) is organising this concert of new music written in response to the struggle of the Palestinian people for their very existence. This is music inspired by the Palestinian struggle written and performed by CCCT composers and musicians.

Composers who have contributed:
Jonathan Case, Michael Chant, Alison Doubleday, Lesley Larkum, Hugh Shrapnel and Dave Smith

Compositions for piano, violin and electric mandolin include: "Salute to the Resistance", "Reflection", "Blood United Us", "Al Shifa" and "Three pieces on Palestine"

CCCT Statement in response to the threats received by the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust

Cornelius Cardew was a renowned composer, musician and modern communist.

The Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust celebrates the path that he was instrumental in opening up in the world of new music. We encourage composers to respond to a call for music that, like the music of Cornelius, is dedicated to the New, a living music that might have a beautiful, militant, human-centred character.

Cornelius Cardew was always a pathfinder, and it is well known that Cornelius, as well as being an outstanding musician and composer, became a leading political figure and communist. He was a champion of enlightenment and progress in the political, social and cultural fields, his life, ideas and music forming an integral whole.

Cornelius' greatest legacy, one might say, is of keeping in step with the requirements of the times in a manner that accepts no dogmatic rendering of reality or limitations on the human spirit and striving to contribute to the creation of a new world of socialised humanity.

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