CBSO - Britten War Requiem
From St Paul's Cathedral, Edward Gardner conducts the CBSO and Chorus in Britten's War Requiem, with soloists Evelina Dobraceva, Toby Spence and Russell Braun.
Live from St Paul's Cathedral
Presented by Martin Handley
Celebrating the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten this year, Edward Gardner conducts a performance of one his most powerful works.
Britten: War Requiem
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Choristers of St Paul's,
CBSO Chorus
Evelina Dobraceva (soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Russell Braun (baritone)
Edward Gardner (conductor)
In the 2013 City of London Festival, and marking the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's birth, the vast spaces of St Paul's Cathedral echo to the sound of one his most compelling works. Composed to mark the re-opening of Coventry Cathedral in 1962, rebuilt after the catastrophic damage it suffered in the Second World War, this is one of Britten's most powerful and personal works - a pacifist manifesto which links the Latin words of the Mass for the Dead to the First World War poems of Wilfred Owen.
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