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An all-female choir from Cyprus has been selected to perform during a Service to mark this year’s Commonwealth Day at London’s Westminster Abbey.
The Service, on 13th March, will be attended by King Charles, Head of the Commonwealth, and The Queen Consort, accompanied by The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
The ‘Amalgamation Choir’ is a spin-off of a vocaliats’ workshop organised in Cyprus in 2014 and 2015 by Vasiliki Anastasiou, who is the choir’s conductor.
It is a group of voices that performs ‘a cappella’ original compositions with traditional music influences as well as re-arranged songs from the Mediterranean and the Balkans.
The Commonwealth represents a global network of 56 countries, having been joined by Gabon and Togo in 2022. It totals a population of 2.5 billion people.
The Commonwealth Day theme for 2023 is ‘Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future’.
The Service will commence with a procession of Commonwealth member states’ flags. As 2023 is the Commonwealth Year of Peace, a specially designed Commonwealth Flag for Peace will also be processed this year.
The King will deliver the Commonwealth Day Message from the Great Pulpit and the Service will include the selected musical performances from across Commonwealth countries, including Cyprus.
Source Cyprus News Agency
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