Britten - War Requiem by Various, lør. 17 nov. 2018, Fra (2018/2018), Dirigent Simon Wright, Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, United Kingdom

Concert Information A powerful statement of the composer’s pacifist beliefs – composed in the shadow of the Second World War, but harking back to the carnage of the First via the war poetry of Wilfred Owen – Britten’s War Requiem today remains one of the most devastating artistic responses to conflict: a work that mourns but also rages against the senseless violence and destruction of war. Emotionally direct and uncompromising, the work retains a prophetic tone even today. Please note: there is no interval