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The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a British choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid.
- 1961–1962
- 30 May 1962
- 66
- soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed choir, boys' choir, organ, orchestra, chamber orchestra
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.
- REQUIEM AETERNAM. Chorus. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Lord, grant them eternal rest; and let the perpetual light shine apon them.
- DIES IRAE. Chorus. Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando Judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus!
- OFFERTORIUM. Boys. Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium. defunctorum de poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu: libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas.
- SANCTUS.
Discover one of the greatest choral works of the 20th Century, War Requiem by revered English composer Benjamin Britten. This famous performance juxtaposes poetry of Wilfred Owen with Latin Mass.
One of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century, Britten's War Requiem was written for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962. Find out more about War Requiem including an introductory guide.
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.
