Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	22nd October 1999
To	22nd October 1999
Barbican Centre (V371)
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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:: (T2111717287)

With text taken from the Requiem Mass and poems by Wilfred Owen, this great commemorative war elegy was first performed in Coventry Cathedral on 30 May 1962 to great critical and popular acclaim.

Company	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor	Bernard Haitink
Performer	Marina Mescheriakova (soprano)
Performer	Ian Bostridge (tenor - English Soldier)
Performer	Thomas Hampson (baritone - German Soldier)
Company	The Royal Opera Chorus

Listing:: L090628335

Production details

With text taken from the Requiem Mass and poems by Wilfred Owen, this great commemorative war elegy was first performed in Coventry Cathedral on 30 May 1962 to great critical and popular acclaim.

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