“….Music students from Leicester’s De Montfort University (DMU), have composed a series of pieces to mark the 10th anniversary of the reinterment of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. The cathedral commissioned the works as part of its ‘oral history’ of the remarkable story, which came to a head in 2015 when the former monarch’s remains were laid to rest….
“….The Last Plantagenet: Stories in Sound premiered as part of the city’s Light Up Leicester festival, which began on Wednesday and concluded on Saturday, March 16. The student compositions, some featuring recordings of Leicester Cathedral’s organ being played by director of music Dr Christopher Ouvry-Johns, were played through speakers positioned around Richard III’s tomb....”
To read more about this exciting music, go here https://shorturl.at/c6eNL. And to learn more about Leicester Cathedral’s celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III’s remains, go here https://leicestercathedral.org/uploads/richard-iii-10th-anniversary-booklet.pdf?v=1737142215 and https://leicestercathedral.org/richard-iii-anniversary.
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