Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

Date: 20. 02. 2025 Place: Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom Type: Festivals, Music events, Cultural events Contact: Festival Ljubljana
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Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

Opening of the 8th Winter Festival.

Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
WIENER SÄNGERKNABEN

NADEZHDA PETROVA, soprano
IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor
MATTHIAS GOERNE, baritone

War Requiem is considered one of the most convincing and emotionally charged works of the twentieth century. The War Requiem juxtaposes the text of the Latin Requiem Mass with extra-liturgical poems by the English war poet Wilfred Owen, offering a vivid portrayal of the horrors of the front in the First World War.

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