Live Performance Review: Britten's War Requiem Performed By Philharmonia Orchestra (Edinburgh International Festival (E.I.F.) 2014), Thursday 14.08.2014 20:00, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
This is a piece that I am not aware of having heard before. To my knowledge the only work of Britten's that I know a version of is Corpus Christi Carol due to Jeff Buckley having having released a version of it on his 1994 album 'Grace'. So this was really a punt.
What a belter it turned out to be. A fantastically complex and rich piece with wonderfully dramatic changes and passages. Not a single weak element within the musicians in the orchestra or the singers be they choir or soloists. A tremendous performance, Marvelous.
Rating: 10/10.
What a belter it turned out to be. A fantastically complex and rich piece with wonderfully dramatic changes and passages. Not a single weak element within the musicians in the orchestra or the singers be they choir or soloists. A tremendous performance, Marvelous.
Rating: 10/10.
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