YORK singer Jessa Liversidge, pianist Malcolm Maddock and the York Railway Institute Golden Rail Brass Band will mark the centenary of the end of The Great War in a 3pm event at the National Centre for Early Music in York on November 10.
The NCEM, at St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, will play host to Keep The Home Fires Burning – Turn The Dark Clouds Inside Out 'til The Boys Come Home, an hour-long tribute to wartime women, their lives, loves, songs and stories.
Poems, letters and diary extracts will bring to life the experiences and feelings of the women of the First World War, while music and songs from the period will give a flavour of the ups and downs of life in these difficult times.
Saturday's audience will hear emotional ballads, uplifting marches, bawdy favourites and even knitting songs, together with heart-breaking poems of loss, uplifting diary entries and amusing anecdotes.
These will be complemented by original footage from the Yorkshire Film Archive’s Filmed and Not Forgotten project.
The £5 admission price includes tea and cakes; tickets can be booked on 01904 658338or at tickets.ncem.co.uk.
Charles Hutchinson
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