Christopher Latham Christopher Latham i(A12560 works by) (a.k.a. Chris Latham; C. Latham)
Born: Established: 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Diggers’ Requiem : Playing Our Finest Songs to Those Lost on the Western Front Christopher Latham , 2018 single work
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 October 2018;

'On October 6th, The Diggers’ Requiem, the combined creative output of seven Australian composers, will have its Australian premiere. The twin to the Gallipoli Symphony (which premiered in Turkey and Queensland in 2015), the requiem tells the story of the major Australian battles on the Western Front.' (Introduction)

1 1 The Diggers’ Requiem Nigel Westlake (composer), Elena Kats-Chernin (composer), Richard Mills (composer), Grahame Koehne (composer), Ross Edwards (composer), Andrew Schultz (composer), Christopher Latham (composer), 2018 single work musical theatre

'The Diggers’ Requiem is a moving and beautiful Australian tribute to the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. The newly formed Australian War Memorial Orchestra and Choir along with members of the Band of the Royal Military College Duntroon, will be directed by Christopher Latham.

'The Requiem represents - in 12 movements - the battles of Fromelles, Pozières, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel, Amiens, Péronne and Mont Saint-Quentin, Bellenglise, Montbrehain, Ypres and Passchendaele in Belgium. It refers to death of the Red Baron and the charge of Beersheba in Palestine, which was the last great charge of cavalry. 62,000 bells representing each Australian who died are incorporated into the last movement, Lux Aeterna.

'The different movements were written by some of the greatest Australian contemporary composers, as well as the recently discovered Frederick Septimus Kelly, who died at Beaumon-Hamel in 1916. His Lament of the Somme, which evokes the Battle of Pozières, near Albert, was written just two weeks before his death. Elena Kats-Chernin, who finished writing her piece last year, will evoke the battle of Bullecourt in the Pas-de-Calais. Alex Lithgow who wrote the stirring Victoria March, which was played by the Australian Army as it marched into Bapaume in 1917, has his work incorporated into Nigel Westlake’s the Glass Soldier, a piece for trumpet and orchestra. A lone piper plays a lament by Pipe-Major John Grant in the last movement.

'This extraordinary symphonic work was devised and curated by Christopher Latham, Artistic Director of the Flowers of War project, and the first musical artist-in-residence at the Australian War Memorial.' (Production summary)

1 Composer of Landscapes beyond Time Christopher Latham , 2014 single work obituary (for Peter Sculthorpe )
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 August 2014; (p. 20)
1 y separately published work icon Butterflying : For Children's Choir and Piano Christopher Latham , Elena Kats-Chernin (composer), 2004 Z1203688 2004 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Memorial Rag Elena Kats-Chernin , Christopher Latham , Elena Kats-Chernin (composer), 2001 Z1203685 2001 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon Dark Christopher Latham , Glebe : Christopher Latham , 1997 Z428485 1997 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Light Christopher Latham , Glebe : Christopher Latham , 1995 Z1203652 1995 selected work poetry
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