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Britten's War Requiem haunts Three Choirs Festival

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Reviewed at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester on 26 July 2014
Britten, War Requiem, Op.66
Three Cathedral Choirs
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Peter Nardone, Conductor
Geraint Bowen, Conductor
Katherine Broderick, Soprano
James Oxley, Tenor
David Wilson-Johnson, Bass
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