An adult education college has cancelled a concert after drawing claims it would have glorified Palestinian terrorism.

Morley College London has scrapped the event, called “The World Stands With Palestine: Compositions for the Palestinian Struggle”, with its principal admitting it would have promoted a “one-sided political view”.

The evening of music – due to have been staged on Nov 15 – would have included piano, violin and electric mandolin compositions entitled “Salute to the Resistance” and “Blood United Us”.

Leaflets advertising the concert included an image of hands holding a placard reading “Stand with Palestine!! Stand with the Resistance!!”.

The concert had been organised by the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust (CCCT), named after a Communist composer of avant-garde and experimental music who died in a hit-and-run accident in 1981.