“The Silver Swan” by Orlando Gibbons tells the story of a swan finding her voice just before her death, singing her first and last song. The organiser of the ceremony in Arromanches this afternoon, Adrian Cox, chose this beautiful madrigal melody as the introduction to the Act of Remembrance. He later explained that it reminded him of the many veterans who, in their final weeks and days, shared their stories. The silver swan, Who living had no note, When death approached Unlocked her silent thro