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Today! The Ballad of Those Who Drink The Sun @ Union Chapel with a number of occupiers from @occupylondon involved

The incredible story of Nazim Hikmet, Turkey’s leading poet, revolutionary and romantic, told in glorious harmony by the Singers and musicians of the Songlines choir in London’s most atmospheric venue.Born in 1902, the poet, sung by the wonderful Turkish

Turkish Baritone Ünal Ünaydin, spent 14 years in jail for his incendiary political writings but his conviction that common humanity would triumph over tyranny keeps his writing as relevant and inspirational as ever.

The song cycle loosely follows the events of Nazim's life, his many loves in letters and poems from prison, with the original cantata composed for the centenary of Hikmet's birth in 2002, updated and revised with new compositions added reflecting the curr

with new compositions added reflecting the current turbulent times of mass global protest, the search for alternatives and the race to save our natural world.

The 40-strong choir will be accompanied by some of London’s most renowned musicians including Nick Bowers-Broadbent on piano and violin, and Kate Shortt on cello.

Laced with touches of orientalism from the choir’s travels and the pieces’ soloists, the poetry is sung in English, with ballads, dances and rousing anthems.