A stellar new recording from the London Symphony Orchestra of Benjamin Britten's masterpiece reminds listeners of a poignant and ever-timely piece... Britten's War Requiem: 50 Years On, Still As ...

I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to composer anniversaries but this year, marking 100 years since the birth of Benjamin Britten, has been absolutely fascinating for me. I am now living proof that ...

A beautiful symphony hall is like a sanctuary. It’s a place where members of a community gather to share a common experience. With phones off and conversations muted, there is communion between people ...

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 ...

Britten’s War Requiem touched a trapped nerve in the collective psyche of post-war Britain, commemorating the war dead with both solemn liturgy and intimately personal poetry. The 60th anniversary of ...

Chamber Singers of Iowa City and the University of Iowa School of Music Choruses and Orchestra will combine to perform Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at Hancher ...

The Nashville Symphony closes its Aegis Sciences Classical Series this spring with Benjamin Britten's breathtaking masterpiece, "War Requiem." Featuring the Nashville Symphony Chorus and Blair ...

In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler advanced his war on democracy as his troops marched relentlessly across Europe to seize power. Protesting against the violence unleashed by Hitler’s enablers were ...

Vishnevskaya in 1963, the year she recorded and gave her first public performance of the War Requiem CREATIVE genius and the inspiration gleaned from close personal friends were always inseparable in ...

It may be a fool's errand to pick "favorites" in any art form, but the three composers who have anniversaries this year — Verdi, Wagner and Benjamin Britten — may be mine. To the general public, ...

Soprano Christine Brewer has extensive history with the “War Requiem,” both in live concert and on an acclaimed recording conducted by Kurt Masur. Submitted On May 30, 1962, when Benjamin Britten’s ...

Thursday night at the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Gianandrea Noseda, commemorated the centenary of the end of World War I with a performance of Benjamin ...