"This setting of Dona nobis pacem completes the text of the ‘Agnus Dei’ heard in African Sanctus. It is written as a gesture of thanks to the world I have been privileged to see and experience in my time. This work, a paean for today, expresses my innermost feelings that reach out far beyond Africa, to a limitless horizon of hope for the future and love for the world. In effect, I have composed two works - short and long versions - which attempt to explore the myriad of possibilities which relate to the opening four note motif ‘Dona nobis’. The main difference is that the long version develops the soprano solo into a dramatic recitative ‘Gratias agimus tibi Domine’, which then resolves back to the home key of F. The short version, without recitative, ends with a long undulating antiphonal diminuendo, on an unresolved suspended chord of D. Both versions conclude with the word ‘Pacem’ expressing a prayer for peace and reconciliation." DF

No Wars Will Stop Us Singing was written for International Peace Day 2006. Schools and singing groups across the UK were asked to perform the song sometime during the day.

The local paper reports on the performance and the success of the choir to date.

The young singers had just 7 weeks to learn the two works for their first performance - and during that time they chose a name for themselves too.