{"id":17743,"date":"2014-11-12T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=17743"},"modified":"2014-11-12T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:05:42","slug":"marin-alsop-on-brittens-war-requiem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/marin-alsop-on-brittens-war-requiem\/","title":{"rendered":"Marin Alsop On Britten&#8217;s War Requiem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17746\" alt=\"075\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/075-180x240.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/>As the world remembers fallen soldiers this week and the year marks the centenary of WW I, conductor Marin Alsop writes about the enduring power of Benjamin Britten&#8217;s <em>War Requiem<\/em> and why it is unique amongst sacred works.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/nov\/07\/marin-alsop-brittens-war-requiem-still-speaks-to-us-powerfully\">Click here<\/a> to read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world remembers fallen soldiers this week and the year marks the centenary of WW I, conductor Marin Alsop writes about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-17743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"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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