3rd April

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Britten's 'War Requiem' with Jakubiak, Atkins and Braun from Dresden

Britten's 'War Requiem' is a non-liturgical setting of the Requiem composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. It 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: Sara Jakubiak, soprano, Thomas Atkins, tenor, Russell Braun, baritone. 

Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir. Prague Radost Children's Choir. Dresden Philharmonic Choir. Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir. Dresden Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles.

Recorded 13 February.