November 22nd commemorates the birthdate of Benjamin Britten as well as the Feast Day of the patron saint of music, Saint Cecilia. This is the Hymn to St Cecilia by Britten, with text by his friend W H Auden, performed by the Choir of King’s College Choir conducted by Sir David Willcocks I. In a…
From September 1973 – Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
This excellent mini-documentary talks about the pacifist principles which propelled Britten’s War Requiem. at 5’30” you can see Britten conducting Peter Pears in the tenor solo Futility (‘Move him, move him’). And….. you can read our story about the electrifying 20th century master piece that is Britten’s War Requiem.