'In Gardens of Peace' - Philip Harper

I wanted to feature a newspaper article from The Coventry Telegraph about the story behind the recent commissioning of Philip Harper's New Euphonium solo 'In Gardens of Peace' was commissioned by myself and Wolfgang Weichselbaumer in commemoration of my Great Grandfather Henry Nichols who was killed in action on 11th March 1917 and is now buried at Assevillers New British Cemetery in France.

In Gardens of Peace was inspired by my trip to the Somme Battlefields in August 2014. 'In Gardens of Peace' was premiered with the City of Coventry Brass at Braunston Church on 18th December 2015.

I was very lucky to be interviewed about this new piece of music for The Coventry Evening Telegraph: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-musician-honours-great-grandfather-10673622.