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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › War_RequiemWar Requiem - Wikipedia

    The War Requiem, first performed on 30 May 1962, was commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original 14th-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid.

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  3. www.eno.org › discover-opera › an-act-of-reparation-the-storyThe Story Of War Requiem | Discover Opera | English National...

    Discover Opera. An Act of Reparation: the story behind Britten’s War Requiem. In War Requiem Benjamin Britten incorporated settings of the First World War poet Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), whom he once described as ‘by far our greatest war poet, and one of the most original poets of the century’, within the context of the Latin Mass for the Dead.

  4. www.classicfm.com › composers › brittenWar Requiem: The complete text - Classic FM

    • REQUIEM AETERNAM. Chorus. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Lord, grant them eternal rest; and let the perpetual light shine apon them.
    • DIES IRAE. Chorus. Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla: Teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando Judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus!
    • OFFERTORIUM. Boys. Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium. defunctorum de poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu: libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas.
    • SANCTUS.

  5. www.youtube.com › watchBenjamin Britten's War Requiem | Full Concert in HD - YouTube

    Feb 26, 2015 · In commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of World War One, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers back in...

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  6. www.youtube.com › watchBritten: War Requiem - YouTube

    Aug 29, 2014 · Britten: War Requiem - YouTube. Scherzo Music. 6.74K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.9K. 256K views 9 years ago. Benjamin Britten: Composer (and conductor) London Symphony Orchestra Melos Ensemble...

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  8. www.classical-music.com › features › worksBritten's War Requiem: how Britten came to compose his top work

    In 1962 the world’s attention turned to war-torn Coventry. In the city's newly built cathedral, Britten’s War Requiem was about to receive its symbolic world premiere. Michael White tells the story.

  9. www.bso.org › works › war-requiemWar Requiem - BSO

    Benjamin Britten’s pacifist masterpiece War Requiem, premiered in 1962, is among the greatest settings of a liturgical text, linking past and present by interweaving poems on the horrors of war by WWI poet Wilfred Owen.