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War Requiem
3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012 Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Providence, Rhode Island Purchase tickets online | Travel directions
Also performed 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012 Cathedral of the Holy Cross Boston, Massachusetts Boston tickets: www.nephilharmonic.org
“My subject is War and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. ... All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.”
— Wilfred Owen
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
War Requiem (1962) Commissioned for the Festival to Celebrate the Consecration of St. Michael’s Cathedral, Coventry Incorporating the Latin Missa pro Defunctis and nine poems by Wilfred Owen Full text (English and Latin) Notes and questions by Thomas Brooks Of war and music An essay by David Parker
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