26th April

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Britten's 'War Requiem' with Pavlovskaya, Spence and Müller-Brachmann from Geneva

Britten's 'War Requiem' is a non-liturgical setting of the Requiem composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid.

Performers: Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano, Toby Spence, tenor. Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-barritone.

Zürcher Sing-Akademie Choir. Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre de Genève. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.

Recorded.