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Britt n:
War Requiem

Kazuki Yamada & CBSO
Grand Auditorium
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Conductor Kazuki Yamada leading the orchestra during a concert performance.
©: Inês Rebelo de Andrade

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Benjamin Britten War Requiem

The artists

  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
  • Trinity Boys Choir
  • Kazuki Yamada conducting
  • Irina Lungu soprano
  • Andrew Staples tenor
  • Christian Gerhaher baritone

«My subject is War, and the pity of War.»

These words by the poet Wilfred Owen, whose verses mingle with the Latin text of the Mass for the Dead, were taken up by the pacifist Benjamin Britten to describe his deeply moving War Requiem. A work of monumental scale, composed in 1962 for the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral and now performed for the first time at the Philharmonie, it brings together a Russian soprano (Irina Lungu), a British tenor (Andrew Staples) and a German baritone (Christian Gerhaher), in accordance with the composer’s wish for a symbol of unity.
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Tickets

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  • Cat. I 76 €
  • Cat. II 56 €
  • Cat. III 36 €
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Details

  • Date Sunday 15.11.26
  • Time 19:30
  • Duration 90’ no break
  • Room Grand Auditorium
  • Subscription Perspectives
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