Follow the text of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, compiled from poems by Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead. The English translations of the Latin texts is reproduced in italics below each ...

fusing Owen’s poetry with the ancient Latin text of the Mass for the Dead. Britten’s War Requiem, for soprano, tenor, baritone, boychoir, chorus and orchestra, was last heard in South Florida ...

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, composer Benjamin Britten's haunting work "War Requiem" premiered at the ... this choral work in combination with the text of the traditional Latin Mass for the ...

Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” is a rare beast. Most only get the chance to conduct the piece once or twice in their lives, but director of choral organizations and conducting Prof.

The text was based on the Latin text of the Missa pro Defunctis and poems by Wilfred Owen, one of the most important literary witnesses to the horrors of the First World War.

NO matter when and where it is performed, Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem is a work that is haunted ... from the contrast between the choral Latin text and male soloists’ poetry settings ...

Composer Benjamin Britten inscribed the passage on the title page of his War Requiem, which is being performed on Saturday at Proctors in Schenectady as the culmination of a series of local events ...

The Israeli Opera concludes the year with War Requiem by British composer Benjamin Britten. Originally commissioned to mark the 1962 consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral after its ...

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Sixty years ago, a school choir became part of history when they were featured on Benjamin Britten's historic recording of his War Requiem. They came from Highgate School in North London ...