'Ça Ira Moed' - Rotterdam, Holland Novermber 17th 2010

special performance of Ça Ira (http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2008-t...ds-ca-ira.html) with Roger's full blessing. The event took place on Dutch Liberation Day, and was a very special, full-scale staging of the opera in the largest concert hall in Holland, with all proceeds from the event going to the War Child charity.With the tragic and brutal death last year of the 14-year-old son of André Post, one of the soloists in Ça Ira for Warchild , the organiser of the original show, Joke Tuinema, decided to bring Ça Ira back to the stage again. This time not for the benefit of War Child, but for the 'Moed' campaign [see www.moed.nl (http://www.moed.nl/)]. Moed means courage , and the campaign takes a stand against senseless violence against others.Amongst those present at the show was Queen Beatrix, head of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, clearly just as enthralled and touched as the rest of the audience. There too were a number of Brain Damage regulars, including Martijn Kluizenaar and Guntmar Ploetzke, both of whom share their views on the concert itself below...

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