CBSO Chorus Director Simon Halsey CBE gives us a personal account of his relationship with Britten's masterpiece. 

“My subject is War, and the pity of War.” In May 1962, the CBSO gave the world premiere of Britten’s War Requiem: a passionate and profoundly moving exploration of conflict and remembrance, written for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral. In our Centenary year, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and an international team of soloists were set to recreate that historic night.

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