Performance

Venue	Southbank Centre
	Also: Royal Festival Hall, RFH, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	5th May 2001
To	5th May 2001
When	20:00
Prices	From £6.00. To £32.00.
Southbank Centre (V423)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Britten - War Requiem

Work:: Britten - War Requiem (S0837567490)

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem was composed in 1961 for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral - newly rebuilt following its destruction in the Second World War. Britten took as his inspiration the words of young English war poet, Wilfred Owen, himself killed in action on 4 November 1918, just days before the armistice. The War Requiem profoundly weaves together nine of Owen's most poignant poems including Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility and Strange Meeting, with the traditional Latin mass.

Music

Benjamin Britten

Production:: (T01104847085)

Company	London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor	John Eliot Gardiner (Sir)
Performer	Ian Bostridge
Performer	Thomas Quasthoff
Performer	Felicity Lott (Dame)
Company	Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral
Company	London Philharmonic Choir

Listing:: L01191212902

RFH1

Production details

RFH1

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