{"id":14574,"date":"2013-11-11T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2013-11-11T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:06:53","slug":"concert-review-brittens-war-requiemsydney-symphonyashkenazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=14574","title":{"rendered":"Concert Review 1: Britten&#8217;s &#8216;War Requiem&#8217;\/Sydney Symphony\/Ashkenazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14461\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14461\" alt=\"The present day ruins of St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry.\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CC-180x240.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bombed ruins of St Michael&#8217;s Cathedral in Coventry. for whose re-consecration Britten composed his War Requiem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we acknowledge Remembrance Day today,\u00a0this month we pay special\u00a0attention to the\u00a0birth centenary of Benjamin Britten which falls on November 22nd. All year\u00a0there have been performances of his music around the world. This weekend especially, the two anniversaries were remembered with performances of his\u00a0<em>War Requiem<\/em> in many cities.<\/p>\n<p>Read Peter McCallum&#8217;s review in the Sydney Morning Herald: &#8220;Vladimir Ashkenazy drew together a potent performance of unified concentration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/review-brittens-war-requiem-enhanced-by-three-superb-voices-20131110-2x9sx.html\">http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/review-brittens-war-requiem-enhanced-by-three-superb-voices-20131110-2x9sx.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As we acknowledge Remembrance Day today,\u00a0this month we pay special\u00a0attention to the\u00a0birth centenary of Benjamin Britten which falls on November 22nd.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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