THE REFUGEES LAMENT

This Lament was written after David had watched a documentary on the displacement of ordinary people and families during the recent Balkan conflict. He, like most of us, was genuinely moved by the plight of these poor people as they fled their homes and villages in fear with their meagre possessions tied up in pitiful bundles on hand carts. The Lament was composed to represent the sadness he felt for those millions of displaced refugees past and present and the stark melody for solo cello invokes the tragedy of their plight and portrays mans inhumanity to man.