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Sybil Michelow (1925-2013)SPONSORED: Think of Something Beautiful - Malcolm Miller pays tribute to contralto Sybil Michelow (1925-2013).
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John Dante Prevedini leading the 'Defining Our Field' discussionDISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.

Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin on Instagram, taking a stance against Vladimir Putin's invasion of UkraineLISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Britten: War Requiem

Benjamin Britten wrote his War Requiem Op 66 in 1961, completing it in January 1962. It was first performed on 30 May 1962 in the UK's new Coventry Cathedral, which replaced the lost fourteenth century building destroyed during a World War II bombing raid. The work interleaves the Latin text of the Requiem mass with poems by Wifred Owen (1893-1918) written during World War I.

 

A selection of articles about Britten: War Requiem

Ensemble. Excitement at Coventry Cathedral - Roderic Dunnett experiences Nitin Sawhney's new work 'Ghosts in the Ruins'

Ensemble. War and Peace - Giuseppe Pennisi reports from the Sagra Musicale Umbra Festival

Ensemble. Britten and Owen - A double bill from Sinfonia Viva and The Lost Boys, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Ensemble. Sing ye to the Lord - Roderic Dunnett was at the 2009 Hereford Three Choirs Festival

DVD Spotlight. Understandably Controversial - Derek Jarman's 'War Requiem', reviewed by Howard Smith. '... cutting room virtuosity.'

Ensemble - Truly chilling. David Thompson listens to Britten's 'War Requiem' in London

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