Kim André Arnesen's The Stranger

Conductor James Morgan

Orchestra Chamber Domaine

Brighton Festival Chorus presents the UK Premiere of Kim André Arnesen’s The Stranger. Originally commissioned by Minneapolis’s Together In Hope Choir in conjunction with the UNHCR, its interweaving of refugee poems and multi-faith texts in an ecumenical musical mix spells out the message: we are not strangers, but all share a common humanity. 

Brighton Festival Chorus & Brighton Festival Youth Choir

The Brighton Festival Choirs join forces in two concerts which resonate with our current global context of displacement & exile of people, and a realisation that in the end, we all share the same dreams. Through giving voices to the first person accounts of refugees and their experiences, the choirs will amplify stories of resilience and hope and sing a powerful appeal to our common humanity.