Name: Britten: War Requiem
Start: 2018-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St David's Hall

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BBC Welsh National Orchestra

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Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama Chorus

Conductor

Mark Wigglesworth

Soprano

Emma Bell

Tenor

Allan Clayton

Baritone

Roman Trekel

Bass

Orchestra

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chorus

Gloucester Cathedral Choristers

Britten: War Requiem

Cardiff

United Kingdom

St David's Hall

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War Requiem

Saurav Kumar

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** Please note Susan Bullock is unwell and has sadly had to withdraw from the concert. We are delighted to welcome Emma Bell as our soprano for Sunday.

It was a dream commission for the pacifist composer: write a piece to mark the dedication of Coventry cathedral, which had been devastated by bombs one generation earlier. Britten seized the chance both to commemorate and innovate, bringing together an ancient mass setting with the hard-hitting poetry of Wilfred Owen. Emotionally direct and uncompromising, the work retains a prophetic tone even today.

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Britten: War Requiem by Britten, From (2018/2018), Conductor Mark Wigglesworth, St David's Hall, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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