Britten's War Requiem

Presented by San Francisco Symphony

Twenty-two years after Coventry Cathedral was destroyed in a World War II air raid, Benjamin Britten wrote his War Requiem to celebrate the consecration of a new cathedral built amid the ruins of the first one. With contrasting texts from the Latin Requiem mass and WWI poet Wilfred Owen, the music embodies Britten’s deeply held pacifist beliefs. Conductor Philippe Jordan leads the SF Symphony, Chorus, and soloists in Britten’s haunting liturgy. 

 

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Benjamin Britten War Requiem

Performers

Philippe Jordan Conductor
Jennifer Holloway Soprano
Ian Bostridge Tenor
Iain Paterson Baritone
Ragazzi Boys Chorus, Kent Jue, director
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States