writer and
singer of songs ...
‘haunting original songs.' Scotsman 'witty lyrics and soaring melodies’ Big Issue
'a great rapport with the audience and a gorgeous voice' Broadway Baby
In Dreams of Peace & Freedom,
the inspirational quotations of
David Maxwell Fyfe, deputy chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials and one of two artisans of the European Convention on Human Rights, naturally thread through original musical settings of poetry
he found inspiring to tell the story of his journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg.
November 2020
marks the joint anniversaries of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (75) and the European Convention on Human Rights (70)
A programme of commemorative performances is presently on hold, but you can hear a podcast, and the newly released recording now.
A filmed recording and book will be available at the end of August. Visit THE HUMAN'S IN THE TELLING for more details.
To celebrate the launch of the new recording of Dreams of Peace & Freedom, Casson is sharing a part of the cycle each Monday on Twitter.
Part X- features two songs which tell of David Maxwell Fyfe's role in Europe after World War II, as one of two artisans of the European Convention on Human Rights which is 70 years old this November.
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Read Sue Casson's series of blogs looking at how Dreams of Peace & Freedom developed by
clicking the button below
English Cabaret is a production partnership
with Tom Blackmore.
Follow them @EnglishCabaret
Casson is a founding director of TSLR,
an incubation company for a host of projects.
Click on a logo to visit the sites
and find out more.
A filmed recording and ebook of
The Human's in the Telling is now LIVE online, as the year of commemoration
gets underway.
Follow our progress @OfficialTHINT
Explore Casson's picturesque Autumn lyric videos.
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Click to Listen now!
MusicalTalk #VirtualEdFringe2020
Hear Sue Casson talk to Thos Ribbits about the new recording, David Maxwell Fyfe's post war legacy, and why his story is important today.
"A magnificent work by Sue Casson about freedom, democracy, liberty."
"A beautiful rich tapestry"
Take a look!