“Lay Down Your Arms!” describes the life and work of Austrian pacifist, peace researcher and writer Bertha von Suttner.

The piece‘s introduction features recumbent tones accompanied by a war drum. Afterwards, a passionate melody describes Suttner‘s dream of a society without weapons.

Bertha von Suttner‘s task was to report on the war events in the Russo-Turkish War. These wars and struggles in 19th century Europe are reflected in a fugue in the second part of the piece. At the climax of th...