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Nov 3 War Requiem - Benjamin Britten and Wilfred Owen
Season 11
Episode 3
Published 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
Coventry Cathedral was rebuilt after being bombed in WW2, with its shell left standing next to the new cathedral a symbol of Resurrection and Reconciliation. It commissioned a War Requiem from Benjamin Britten which incorporated Wilfred Owen's poetry with a Latin Requiem Mass Setting