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The Heart's Assurance

Autumn 2020

Michael Tippett

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Autumn 2020

Thomas Elwin is the tenor soloist in The Heart’s Assurance – the most remarkable and fearless setting of poetry by young men who fought and died in WW2. These poems, thrusting sensual desire into a landscape of death, finds response in movement by Bernadette Iglich.

  • 4 Stars

    impressive and moving

    Telegraph

  • 4 Stars

    practical and imaginative

    Guardian

  • 4 Stars

    deeply rewarding and highly recommended

    Telegraph

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