Sanguis Venenatus is an elegy for strings by English composer Andrew March written in memory of haemophiliacs (and others) affected by the Tainted Blood Scandal.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] The elegy was included in a service on 30 March 2011, at Westminster Abbey[7] to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the UK legislation – the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.
[11]The piece was recorded in Reduta Hall, Olomouc, Czech Republic on 9 July 2011, by 50 string players from the Moravian Philharmonic under conductor, Petr Vronský.
[5] On Wednesday, 30 March 2011, the elegy received a second performance during a commemorative service at Westminster Abbey with the strings of the London Charity Orchestra under William Carslake.
[18] Sanguis Venenatus received its first radio broadcast in Hungary on Thursday, 16 January 2014, during a programme called "Ars Novo" on Budapest's dedicated classical station, MR3 Rádió Bartók.