War Requiem
(1961) 66for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys' choir, orchestra, and chamber orchestra
Duration: 85'
Music Text
Orchesterbesetzung
main orchestra: 3(III=picc).2.corA.3(III=Ebcl,bcl).2.dbn-6.4.3.1-
timp.perc(4):2crot/glsp/gong/t.bells/vib/cyms/tgl/cast/tpl.bl/whip/
BD/2SD/tamb/TD-pft-portable organ(harmonium)-grand organ (ad lib)-
strings
chamber orchestra: 1(=picc).1(=corA).1.1-1.0.0.0-perc(1):timp/gong/
cyms/BD/SD-harp-string quintet
Vertriebsgebiet
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
in der ganzen Welt.
World Premiere
30/05/1962
St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry
Heather Harper, soprano / Peter Pears, tenor / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone / Coventry Festiva / Benjamin Britten
Über das Werk
Hintergrund
