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Benjamin Britten / War Requiem

At Paris Philharmonic

19th Arr., Paris

🎧Balcony acoustics can disappoint; stalls sound better
✒️Poet Wilfred Owen was killed at 25, days before the Armistice
👥Huge forces: two orchestras, two choirs, three soloists

Britten's War Requiem is a thunderous act of remembrance: Latin Mass colliding with Wilfred Owen's battlefield poetry, sung by massed choirs and twin orchestras. Coventry Cathedral's ashes, set to music.

Monumental choral work
Anti-war masterpiece
Massive orchestration
Wilfred Owen poetry

Tuesday, December 1, 8:30 PM

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  • Monumental choral work
  • Anti-war masterpiece
  • Massive orchestration
  • Wilfred Owen poetry
  • Paris Philharmonic
  • 19th Arr.
  • Paris

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