Britten’s “War Requiem” from Cologne on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” it’s another “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”, this one from Cologne, Germany. A metaphorical “cast of thousands” perform Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” of 1961-62.  You’ll hear choirs from Coventry Cathedral, St. Luke’s and more, and youth orchestras from France and Germany.

Thursday January 10: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 18-02) (New Series)

War Requiem

Banu Böke, soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; Erik Sohn, baritone;

Coventry Cathedral Girls' Choir; Polish National Youth Choir; Les Pastoureaux Choir, Belgium;

Youth Choir of St. Luke's Church in Bonn; Choir of the Bach Association Cologne;

National Youth Orchestra of Germany; French National Youth Orchestra;

Thomas Neuhoff and Daniel Spaw, conductors

Britten: War Requiem

[DWF fill: Britten: String Quartet, mvmts. 1, 3 & 4 (Emperor Quartet)]