The Dutch artist Casper Faassen celebrated his twenty year anniversary with an exhibition in the Kunsthuis and the Hooglandse Kerk and two evening programmes. Emma sang, and organised music with the Justinus Ensemble with conductor Brian Fieldhouse for dancers Chloé Albaret and Jorge Nozal.
Here is an impression of the evenings.
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing lists over 72,000 soldiers and officers who disappeared during the Battle of the Somme. The memorial is now 90 years old and has recently been restored. Emma was invited by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to sing at the reopening ceremony last September, which was cancelled due to the period of national mourning.
With Len Fox, whom we remembered during the ceremony in Grebbeberg.
On 12th September, Emma joined trumpeter Melissa Venema to provide music for a remembrance ceremony for Second World War veterans, organised by the Stichting Nederland-America. The ceremony took place at Grebbeberg war cemetery, a Dutch military war cemetery with 800 graves. During the ceremony we remembered veterans who had passed away. In particular, Emma remembered Len Fox, who was also a singer, and who sang with her on ITV and the BBC World Service during the 75th Commemoration of D-Day.
Here is a short news report.
Emma was the guest soloist in a military tattoo in Purmerend, the Netherlands. This took place just after the death of HM Elizabeth II. To show their respect, the orchestras took a moment’s silence and Emma sang “Amazing Grace.” It was moving to experience the support of the largely Dutch audience for the late queen.