The Erie Philharmonic took the stage this weekend for their season finale for a moving performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

The Erie Philharmonic will conclude the 2025-2026 season with Britten's War Requiem, a piece that requires over 300 musicians ...

A stellar new recording from the London Symphony Orchestra of Benjamin Britten's masterpiece reminds listeners of a poignant and ever-timely piece... Britten's War Requiem: 50 Years On, Still As ...

A beautiful symphony hall is like a sanctuary. It’s a place where members of a community gather to share a common experience. With phones off and conversations muted, there is communion between people ...

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An expanded roster of 84 Erie Philharmonic musicians, 129 members of the Erie Philharmonic Chorus, 57 young singers from the ...

Vishnevskaya in 1963, the year she recorded and gave her first public performance of the War Requiem CREATIVE genius and the inspiration gleaned from close personal friends were always inseparable in ...

Chamber Singers of Iowa City and the University of Iowa School of Music Choruses and Orchestra will combine to perform Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at Hancher ...

Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” is a rare beast. Most only get the chance to conduct the piece once or twice in their lives, but director of choral organizations and conducting Prof. Andrew Megill ...

Pappano’s performance opens very differently, the strings singing their initial phrases with an Italian lyrical warmth, the chorus intoning ‘Requiem aeternam’ softly in the distance. The optimum ...

BOSTON — What can music teach us about war? As images of the catastrophe in Ukraine flood our daily lives — the crumble of bombed city blocks, the looming plumes of black smoke, the obscenity of ...