War Requiem

Joana Mallwitz, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem is based on Latin texts and poems by the English poet Wilfred Owen, who died in the war in 1918. At the work’s premiere in 1962 in the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sang alongside British artists: a statement of reconciliation by the composer. The oratorio features a mixed choir, a boys' choir, a symphony orchestra, a chamber orchestra, and vocal soloists. These large forces underline the composer's desire to mobilize all efforts towards overcoming war and violence.

Program

Benjamin Britten
War Requiem op. 66

Artist

Joana Mallwitz Dirigentin

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn

Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe

Your visit

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