Sunday, May 28, the choir performs “Peace Train”.  This song was released in 1971 by Cat Stevens and appears on his album Teaser and the Firecat.  It was Stevens first Top Ten hit in the US.  That was during the Vietnam War.  Later, during the Iraq War, the song’s relevance was revived.

According to Wikipedia, Stevens — who had by then converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam — said of the piece, “‘Peace Train’ is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.”

Sadie Sonntag will direct the choir in singing a Kirby Shaw choral arrangement of this powerful and appropriate song of hope.