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We’ll Meet Again | 2025

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  • A large group of children and a few adults gathered on a stage for a performance or photograph, with a backdrop showing a historical black and white photo of a city square with buildings and a crowd.

In celebration of both our 30th Anniversary and in commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, I Can Sing! students We’ll Meet Again, a compilation of several HMDT Music commissions about different aspects of the Second World War.

We’ll Meet Again includes ‘The Blitz’ scene from Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton’s opera The Hackney Chronicles, excerpts from our Home Front revue I’ll Be Seeing You (2005) by Matthew King and Alasdair Middleton, and music from Hear Our Voice by both Jonathan Dove and Matthew King, set to a libretto Tertia Sefton-Green, compiled from the writings of children of the Holocaust. It also includes two songs about Dunkirk Operation Dynamo by Matthew King and librettist Stephen Plaice commissioned for Creative Education Trust’s 11 Academies and the first public performance of D Day commissioned by The Royal British Legion in 2019.

These works represent various aspects of the war and with it a range of emotional experiences embracing themes of fear, loss, friendship, family, patriotism, defiance, community spirit, humour and above all - as was overwhelmingly displayed by children writing about their own experiences; - hope.

“My 5 year old son absolutely loved being part of a team. In the week before the show he was telling everyone about the upcoming performance. He really engaged with the subject and learned a lot about WW2, so it has deepened his interest in history”
— Parent
Three children sitting amidst rubble with the text "We'll Meet Again" overlayed on the image.
“I was very impressed with those young voices, and indeed the whole show: the costumes, the projections, all the preparation”
— Jonathan Dove, Composer
Children performing on stage, with a large projected image of a tree and buildings on the backdrop.
Group of children dressed in vintage clothing on stage, possibly during a theatrical performance, with a large black and white photo projected on the background screen.
Children dressed in vintage clothing performing on stage during a theatrical production.
Children performing a stage play dressed in vintage clothing with a large black-and-white image of people working in a field projected on the curtain behind them.
A group of children standing on stage during a performance. A projected image is on the curtain in the background.
Young girls dressed in period costumes standing on a stage, performing on stage.
The complete company of performers for We'll Meet Again on stage with Tertia Sefton Green and the Crew.
Stage performance with young women dressed in vintage clothing, some standing and some lying on the ground, with a black and white historical photo of soldiers projected onto the background.
Children performing on stage, with a large projected drawing of a chain of children holding hands in the background.
A group of young people in vintage clothing performing a dance routine on a stage.
Children performing a dance on stage in vintage costumes while a black-and-white projection of boats at Dunkirk Beach on displayed behind them.
Young performers dressed in vintage-style clothing and green overalls dancing on stage with a large black and white historical photo projected in the background.
Children and young adults dressed in vintage clothing and headscarves, standing in a line on a stage, with some adults in uniform, in a performance setting.
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