CBSO - 50th Anniversary Performance: Britten's War Requiem
On Wednesday 30 May 2012, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performed Benjamin Britten's iconic War Requiem in Coventry Cathedral, on the 50th anniversary of its premiere.
Watch online:
- Watch the concert on www.thespace.org:
Britten's War RequiemBenjamin Britten's War Requiem, in all its sombre majesty, was performed at Coventry Cathedral on the 50th anniversary of its world premi...- Watch an extract of Unitel's footage of the concert, in advance of the DVD release scheduled for the autumn:
The media coverage:
War Requiem, Coventry CathedralThere was barely room for the performers in front of the altar, the chorus and orchestra could not hear each other, and the acoustic was ...
War Requiem - reviewFifty years to the day after its premiere as one of the events to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, Britten's War Requ...
War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula - reviewWarsaw, Dresden, Coventry: tolling name by city name, these places remain bitter symbols of obliterative war. The sorrows of Warsaw have ...
War Requiem Fifty Years On: A Magnificent and Moving Occasion in CoventryBritten: War Requiem: Soloists, CBSO and Choruses, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Coventry Cathedral 30.5.2012 (JQ) Erin Wall (soprano) Mark...
Classical Music :: The Classical Source :: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem - A 50th-anniversary performance in Coventry Cathedral by CBSO/Nelsons with Erin Wall, Mark Padmore & Hanno Müller-Brachmann :: Classical MusicAs Coventry Cathedral celebrates the golden jubilee of its re-consecration, this performance marked to the day the 50th-anniversary of th...
A golden War Requiem at Coventry Cathedral from the CBSOTonight's was an historic performance, so first, a few dates. On 14th November 1940, Luftwaffe bombing raids destroyed much of the mediev...
War Requiem's anniversary return"It's a huge pacifist statement - it's Benjamin Britten warning against war, the horrors and the results of war, and these ruins speak vo...The response:
- This is just a small selection of the responses to the concert from members of the audience in Coventry, those listening on BBC Radio 3 and viewing at www.thespace.org, as well as some of the performers in the Orchestra and Chorus.
@TheCBSO and @CBSOChorus were wonderful last night. Followed it online! Truly breathtaking and wonderfully conducted by Nelsons (as usual)!
Stunning performance by @TheCBSO & @CBSOChorus! A fitting tribute to Britten, the WR's first performers, and victims of war #WarRequiem50
Silence at end of #WarRequiem50 was stunning; - space for contemplation as the beautiful sound world subsided @TheCBSO @CBSOChorus
Last time I sang the war requiem was 11 Sept 2001... Today's performance came pretty close to that experience. @TheCBSO @CBSOChorus.
