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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season - Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem
Performance Date17 August 2024
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersNatalya Romaniw,
Allan Clayton,
Will Liverman -vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsTiffin Boys’ Choir,
BBC Symphony Chorus,
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsSir Antonio Pappano
Set List'War Requiem 84’, Britten
Performance NotesSir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction.

Benjamin Britten was moved by the bombing of Coventry during the Second World War to write his monumental War Requiem, a work that pits contrasting musical ensembles against one another as the chilling innocence of boys’ voices meets the outspoken, acerbic protests of soldiers and massed choirs expressing suffering and deliverance.

Never has this tense, angry and cautiously optimistic work seemed more relevant since its first performance 62 years ago.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer this season.
Related Archival MaterialProm Guide (RAHE/1/2024),
Programme (RAHE/1/2024)
Ticket Prices£10-150, promming tickets £8
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2024/71BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season - Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem17 August 2024
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13252BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season73
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1001Pappano; Sir; Antonio 'Tony' (1959-); British conductor, pianist
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