9th December
Concert will begin at 22:00 hours GMT
Britten's 'War Requiem' with Savoy, Nelseon and Zaplor from Schenectady
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: Emalie Savoy, soprano, Tyler Nelson, tenor, Hubert Zaplor, baritone.
Albany Pro Musica. Cathedral of All Saints Boychoir. Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
Recorded 10 November.
Classical WMHT
Proctors Theater, Schenectady