‘With Each Sunset’ by Richard Saucedo, with ‘Alive with Poppies’ a poem by Tomos Roberts
A live recording of Eynsford Concert Band at the Festival of Remembrance held on 1st November 2025 at Rochester Cathedral in Kent, UK.
Narration by Steve Aitken, Trombonist and Deputy Musical Director of the band.
This is a setting of the poem ‘Alive with Poppies‘ to the piece ‘With Each Sunset (Comes the Promise of a New Day)‘ by Richard Saucedo
“In 2021 the Royal British Legion commissioned poet Tomos Roberts to write a Remembrance poem for performance at that year’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. The result was Alive With Poppies. The poem is an introduction to the poppy’s significance and a resolution that invites us all to strive for peace.
In this live performance, Eynsford Concert Band accompanies the poem with an underscore of music: With Each Sunset (Comes the Promise of A New Day) by the American composer, Richard Saucedo. The title of that work suggesting that in the darkest moments of life, there is hope for a new beginning.
