Event listing: CBSO: Britten's War Requiem | St Paul's Cathedral | Tue 25 Jun 2013 at 20:00

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St Paul's Cathedral London, Greater London, EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Performers

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
Albina Shagimuratova	Soprano
Toby Spence	Tenor
Russell Braun	Baritone
Edward Gardner	Conductor

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Conflict and resolution: The CBSO perform Britten's War Requiem at St Paul's Cathedral for CoLF

Julia Savage, 25th June

The newly built and unconventionally imposing Coventry Cathedral, built next to the ruins of the original medieval building destroyed in the Second World War, played host to the first performance of Britten’s War Requiem in 1962.

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