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As somebody who music have always been a big part of her life seeing and experiencing things like these holds so much more meaning for me.
It's the proper use of the power of music and song as a community and unitizing thing.
#music #korea #songsofthepeople #weareallone #acapella

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Many thanks to Ian Cook for giving us the opportunity to perform our forgotten story on the magical Isle of Man in this 80th year of Nuremberg. #SongsofthePeople #OneStory #IOMstory

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Situated in the grounds of Ballakermeen High School, The Studio Theatre was the ideal venue to perform Dreams of Peace & Freedom with a large screen to bring to life our background landscapes. #SongsofthePeople #IOMstory

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We were delighted to travel to perform Dreams of Peace & Freedom at the invitation of Ian Cook, who saw the show @edfringe.bsky.social last summer and wanted to bring our forgotten story to the Isle of Man to mark #Nuremberg80 #SongsofthePeople

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A week ago we travelled to the Isle of Man to perform Sue Casson's Dreams of Peace & Freedom. Invited by Ian Cook to mark 80 years since the Nuremberg Trials, we performed at the Ballakermeen Studio Theatre.

Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #OneStory #IOMstory

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We were in Oxford to mark an
important moment in the Nuremberg Trials, in the city where prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe studied Greats @ballioloxford.bsky.social. During WWII he returned to be treated @sthughscollege.bsky.social and later became the first Visitor at St Antony's #SongsofthePeople

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Last Thursday, we travelled to Oxford to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom at the Old Fire Station to mark 80 years since film evidence of Auschwitz was shown in the Courtroom 600 at the Nuremberg Trials.

Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #OneStory

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'A very ambitious project' @itvnews.bsky.social's @itvpeston.bsky.social at #songsofthepeople on the eve of Conservatives Party Conference 25. This 75th anniversary year we are telling the ECHR's story in words & music through the eyes of its artisan David Maxwell Fyfe in Dreams of Peace & Freedom.

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'Excellent show' Audience response. In the centre of the capital city, @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social's north transept was a magical setting for an intimate and respectful performance to an entranced gathering on the eve of the 75th anniversary of ECHR's signing. #ECHR75 #SongsofthePeople

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We were in London to celebrate ECHR75 and commemorate David Maxwell Fyfe's London connection. He and his wife, Sylvia Harrison lived and worked around Westminster in the city for nearly 30 years - at Temple Gardens he established Chambers where he drafted ECHR. #SongsofthePeople

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On the eve of the 75th anniversary of ECHR's signing, we travelled to London to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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The performance was followed by an informal Q & A about the future of #humanrights with audience members from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social's Living Library with @leigh-day.bsky.social &
@justicehq.bsky.social. #ECHR75 #SongsofthePeople

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#SongsofthePeople celebration of the protections of ECHR | Liverpool

๐Ÿ“ Museum of Liverpool Global Theatre

'There are waters blown' David Maxwell Fyfe's journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg led him to drafting ECHR. #ECHR75

๐ŸŽถ Dreams of Peace & Freedom X #soundon

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Liverpool is at the centre of ECHR's story. Dubbed โ€˜the birthplace of human rightsโ€™ by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social David Maxwell Fyfe was ECHR's British artisan & we told his forgotten story performing in the Global Theatre at the Museum of Liverpool to celebrate #ECHR75. #SongsofthePeople

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We were in Liverpool to celebrate ECHR75 & commemorate David Maxwell Fyfe's Liverpool connection. He served as MP for West Derby for nearly 20 years, beginning his legal career on the Northern Circuit, & meeting & marrying his wife, Sylvia Harrison in the city. #SongsofthePeople

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The weekend before the 75th anniversary of ECHR's signing, we travelled to Liverpool to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom Museum of Liverpool with @ljmuofficial.bsky.social's Human Rights Living Library. Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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#SongsofthePeople celebration of the protections of ECHR | Cambridge

๐Ÿ“ Jesus Lane Quaker Meeting House

'There are waters blown' David Maxwell Fyfe's journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg led him to drafting ECHR. #ECHR75

๐ŸŽถ Dreams of Peace & Freedom X #soundon

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We performed our song cycle at the Jesus Lane Meeting House in Cambridge as part of our Autumn of Remembrance to re-awaken the memory of those who rebuilt the peace after WWII. #ECHR75 #SongsofthePeople

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During our Autumn of Remembrance we travelled to Cambridge to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom at the invitation of Jesus Lane Quaker Meeting House. Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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Last Sunday we travelled to Coventry to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom @coventrycathedral.bsky.social - a powerful global symbol of reconciliation and peace building. Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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We were invited by the Newcastle Quakers to bring our forgotten story to the North East. Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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#SongsofthePeople celebration of the protections of ECHR | Manchester

๐Ÿ“Friends Meeting House, Mount Street

'There are waters blown' David Maxwell Fyfe's journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg led him to drafting ECHR. #ECHR75

๐ŸŽถ Dreams of Peace & Freedom X #soundon

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Last Sunday we travelled to Manchester to perform our song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom at the Friends Meeting House in Mount Street on World Quaker Day - which coincided with the start of the Conservative Party conference. Follow along to discover more ๐ŸŽถ #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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'Music expresses that on which it is impossible to be silent.' Song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom tells the forgotten story of how the European Convention on Human Rights came to be, through the eyes of David Maxwell Fyfe, its British artisan. #songsofthepeople #ECHR75

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'Music can change the world' Sue Casson's song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom tells the forgotten story of how the Convention on Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms in Europe came to be through the eyes of David Maxwell Fyfe, its British artisan. #songsofthepeople #ECHR75

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On childhood holidays to Dornoch in Sutherland David Maxwell Fyfe heard stories of injustices done to his family during the late Highland Clearances at his grandmother's knee. This fed his life-long commitment to human rights. #songsofthepeople

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#SongsofthePeople celebrates the protections of ECHR | Edinburgh

๐Ÿ“ @edfringe.bsky.social C alto (Quaker Meeting House)

David Maxwell Fyfe's childhood memories weave with Sue Casson's setting of James Logie Robertson's Non Semper Imbres

๐ŸŽถ Dreams of Peace & Freedom III #soundon

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'This show was brilliant, the singing was blissful, the film & narration excellent' During our run of Sue Casson's song cycle, Dreams of Peace & Freedom, we celebrated 75 years of #ECHR @edfringe.bsky.social which welcomes thousands of visitors from across the globe. #SongsofthePeople #ECHR75

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'A remarkable story' @BenMacpherson came to our opening show, which was to an invited audience of human rights campaigners and activists, politicians and educators. We were delighted that they came along to join us in celebrating #ECHR75. #songsofthepeople

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'We were always poor, but self-contained and happy...' During his childhood, David grew up in various rental addresses around The Meadows. Coincidentally this is where we stayed for our run - so each day on the way to the theatre we walked in David's footsteps. #SongsofthePeople

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