Peace concert of the Innsbruck University Orchestra

On 26 October, the Innsbruck University Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Büchler, will perform ‘The armed man - a mass for peace’ by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins at 19:30 in the Innsbruck Exhibition Centre. Karl Jenkins wrote this large-scale work at the turn of the millennium as an anti-war piece and dedicated it to the victims of the Kosovo war. In the composition, he combined parts of the Catholic mass liturgy with various other sources such as the 15th century soldier's song L'homme armé, the Islamic call to prayer, psalm texts and texts by various writers who have dealt with the horrors of war and the longing for peace. The result is a moving and stirring piece of music that is not the most frequently performed classical work by a living composer in the world for nothing.

Lisa-Marie Hilber (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Idriz (muezzin), the Innsbruck University Choir, the Tyrolean State Theatre Choir, the Sillgasse Grammar School Choir and the ProSono and Euphonie vocal ensembles will perform together with the University Orchestra.

The Innsbruck University Orchestra and its conductor Claudio Büchler want to set an example for peace with this concert. Veronika Sexl, Rector of the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, and Wolfgang Fleischhacker, Rector of the Medical University of Innsbruck, have taken on the patronage.

Tickets are available at all Ö-Ticket advance booking offices, by telephone on 0900 94 96096 and online at www.oeticket.com. Ticket prices: €27/€35; box office plus €2; students, pupils & civil servants: €10/€15