Philharmonia Orchestra: Maazel conducts in London

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Maazel conducts in London

Royal Festival Hall
Sun 25 Mar 2012 7:30pm

Lorin Maazel

conductor

Nancy Gustafson

soprano

tenor

baritone

Tiffin Boys Choir

Britten

War Requiem

"The still point of the turning world": Music that defines an era is supported by

Although titled as a Requiem, Benjamin Britten’s work, conducted tonight by Lorin Maazel intersperses elements of the traditional Latin mass with settings of poems by Wilfred Owen. This juxtaposition emphasises the tragic loss of life during the First and Second World Wars (the work was composed in 1961-62), and Britten makes the contrasts all the more apparent through his emotional music and use of separate instrumental groups, who only join together in full force towards the end of the last movement as the tenor and baritone soloists sing “Let us sleep now” whilst the choruses sing “Into Paradise lead them”. This is truly one of the defining works of the twentieth century, and true to the spirit of the work this performance will involve singers from England, Germany and Russia.

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