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Britten's War Requiem
Thu, May 18
|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 e
Time & Location
May 18, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
About the Event
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
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