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The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962.
Aug 29, 2014 · Britten: War Requiem. Scherzo Music. 6.78K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.9K. 257K views 9 years ago. Benjamin Britten: Composer (and conductor) London Symphony Orchestra Melos Ensemble...
Feb 26, 2015 · In commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of World War One, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers...
Aug 15, 2016 · Benjamin Britten ConductorMeredith Davies ConductorHeather Harper sopranoThomas Hemsley baritonePeter Pears tenorMelos EnsembleBBC Symphony ChorusBBC Symphon...
Follow the text of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, compiled from poems by Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead.
Learn the harrowing story behind Britten's beautiful opera, War Requiem, which is considered an act of reparation for those lost or impacted by wartime Britain.
Benjamin Britten’s pacifist masterpiece War Requiem, premiered in 1962, is among the greatest settings of a liturgical text, linking past and present by interweaving poems on the horrors of war by WWI poet Wilfred Owen.
Aug 27, 2017 · In January of 1963 Britten's War Requiem was recorded by Decca with Britten as conductor. The orchestra was the London Symphony with soloists Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears and Dietrich...
In 1962 the world’s attention turned to war-torn Coventry. In the city's newly built cathedral, Britten’s War Requiem was about to receive its symbolic world premiere. Michael White tells the story.
Learn the full lyrics and text of Britten's War Requiem, a powerful musical tribute to the victims of war and a plea for peace.
