"My subject is war and the pity of War... All a poet can do today is warn." These lines come from Wilfred Owen, a British poet and soldier who died at age 25 just one week before the armistice that ...

With the Russian soprano Irina Lungu, the British tenor Allan Clayton and the German baritone Matthias Goerne, a star cast has been found that ties in with the history of the work in a special way: ...

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 ...

The QCA was blessed to have Benjamin Britten's War Requiem performed last weekend. The two performances by a greatly expanded Q-C orchestra was stunning. Words fail me in trying to describe it.

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 ...

Benjamin Britten’s godson happens to be composer/broadcaster (and another Hampstead resident) Michael Berkeley, who has a new song cycle premiering at Temple Church, Feb 24. Called Things Invisible to ...

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 ...