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Laura Rossi's Score to The Battle of the Somme in Performance Internationally

Jun. 01, 2016

Laura Rossi's Score to <em>The Battle of the Somme</em> in Performance Internationally

July 1 marks the beginning of the Somme100FILM tour – an international project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. From July 1, 2016 through July 2017, the project plans to present 100 orchestral performances of UK composer Laura Rossi’s acclaimed live orchestral score alongside the iconic World War I silent film The Battle of the Somme. A highlight of the series is a performance by the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall on November 18, conducted by John Gibbons.

The Battle of the Somme, as well as Rossi’s film score for The Battle of the Ancre, are available for live to projection performance using the restored film prints available from the Imperial War Museum (IWM). The two films are stunning documentaries, comprising archive footage from these French campaigns of 1916 and 1917 respectively and originally screened in cinemas as part of the war effort.

For a complete list of Somme100FILM performances, and to add your orchestra’s performances to the tour, visit somme100film.com.

For more information on Laura Rossi, visit fabermusic.com.    

Laura Rossi
The Battle of the Somme (2006)
silent film score
for orchestra
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74’ 

The Battle of the Ancre (2012)
silent film score
for chamber orchestra
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65’

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