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Time Present, Time Past & Time Future

Time present and time past

Are both perhaps present in time future

And time future contained in time past.

TS Eliot, Burnt Norton

This year is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. We are touring the country performing our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom to commemorate this important  anniversary and celebrate its protections. 

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Discover more in the videos and galleries below...

Signed European Convention On Human Rights

Celebrate

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Performances at Coventry Cathedral

At the invitation of Canon for Arts and Reconciliation, we perform on the steps of the Chapel of Unity - a powerful symbol of reconciliation and peace building across nations

Performances at Meeting Houses in Cambridge and Newcastle

At the invitation of the Quakers we bring our forgotten story to the North East and then to the city where David's papers are kept. 

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Performance at Friends' Meeting House, Manchester

As the Conservative Party announce withdrawal from the ECHR on World Quaker Day we perform next to the secure party conference area

Performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

We spent our summer in Edinburgh, birthplace of David Maxwell Fyfe playing daily at C alto during the Fringe which welcomes thousands of visitors from across the globe. 

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Performance at Amnesty's Human Rights Festival

We were delighted to be invited to perform Amnesty's Combined Human Rights Festival and Arts Festival in Liverpool, birthplace of human rights

Commemorate 

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Performance at Southwark Cathedral 

We remembered David Maxwell Fyfe's connection with London as we performed our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom on the eve of the 75th anniversary of ECHR's signing

Performance at Museum of Liverpool 

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We remembered David Maxwell Fyfe's connection with Liverpool as we performed our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom in the Global Theatre, the weekend before the 75th anniversary of ECHR's signing in 'the birthplace of human rights' 

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Performance at Dornoch Cathedral 

We remembered David Maxwell Fyfe's family connection with Dornoch as we performed our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom in St Mary's Cathedral

When the tongues of flame are in-folded,
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.

How TS Eliot's poetry inspired
The Human's in the Telling

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