Spring Concert May 17 & 20 Program
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
By Karl Jenkins, 1999
Movements and Text Sources
Conducted by Ken Hardin
1. The Armed Man ~ Based on L’Homme Armé, 1450 -63, anon., sung in French
2. The Call to Prayers (Adhaan) ~ Traditional, sung in Arabic
3. Kyrie ~ Ordinary of the Mass
4. Save Me from Bloody Men ~ Psalm 56; Psalm 59
5. Sanctus ~ Ordinary of the Mass
6. Hymn Before Action ~ Rudyard Kipling
7. Charge! ~ John Dryden; Jonathan Swift
8. Angry Flames ~ Togi Sankichi (Hiroshima survivor)
9. Torches ~ The Mahàbhàrata
10. Agnus Dei ~ Ordinary of the Mass
11. Now the Guns Have Stopped ~ Guy Wilson (Master, The Royal Armouries Museum)
12. Benedictus ~ Ordinary of the Mass
13. Better Is Peace ~ Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory; Alfred Lord Tennyson
