Overview

80 years ago on 15 August 1945, the Declaration of Peace in the Pacific was signed. The Australian War Memorial and the Flowers of Peace will commemorate this historic anniversary with an epic concert of over two and a half hours.

The concert will be narrated by Australia's greatest theatre actor, John Bell AO OBE, performed by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Defence Force's finest musicians with special guest soloists and choirs. Act 1 will feature music created by eyewitness accounts. Act 2 will tell the story of the war from beginning to end to honour those who served abroad or at home. Music has been specially composed to dedicate to Women, Indigenous Australians, the Medical and Nursing Services, the RAAF, the Navy, the Army, the Holocaust, Bomber Command and our Prisoners of War.

With a history of producing concerts that tell the story of the nation's conflicts, the audience reaction says it all:

'powerful, emotional performance that I was awash with tears.'

'Absolutely superb. In tears for most of it. Scarcely able to speak when it was over'

'I've been fortunate enough to have been at many thousands of symphonic concerts since the 1950s, but this was the most moving concert I have ever attended'.

'the most beautiful and gripping tribute I have ever witnessed.'

Don't miss this one night only event.