Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” is a rare beast. Most only get the chance to conduct the piece once or twice in their lives, but director of choral organizations and conducting Prof. Andrew Megill ...

Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was composed in 1961 for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral – newly rebuilt following its destruction in the Second World War. Britten took as his inspiration the ...

1 of 11 — Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano takes Benjamin Britten's massive and moving War Requiem to Carnegie Hall. Britten, a staunch pacifist, wrote the piece in 1961 for the ...

The BBC has pulled an advert for a pacifist organisation that was due to appear in the programme for the Prom’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”. The choral work, which is a meditation ...

One is famous, indeed a global evergreen. One is obscure, virtually unknown in the West. Both were recently offered up to audiences in our nation’s capital, just before and shortly after the ...