Benjamin Britten War Requiem

Cambridge University Orchestra
Britten Sinfonia
The Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius, Jesus and Selwyn Colleges
Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
St Catharine's College Girls' Choir and the Choristers of Jesus College
LUDOVIC MORLOT conductor
ELIZABETH WATTS soprano
ED LYON tenor
GARETH BRYNMOR JOHN baritone

In a once-in-a-generation event, over 300 of the University of Cambridge’s finest musicians unite with Britten Sinfonia for a monumental performance of Britten’s War Requiem at Ely Cathedral, where the composer himself conducted the work performed by Cambridge students soon after its premiere.

Marking fifty years since Britten’s death, this extraordinary concert brings to life his searing and profoundly human masterpiece: a work that confronts the devastation of war and gives voice to our shared longing for peace, intertwining the timeless Latin Requiem Mass with the war poetry of Wilfred Owen.

At the podium is internationally acclaimed conductor Ludovic Morlot – Music Director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Emeritus of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra – leading the combined forces of the Cambridge University Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, the choirs of Clare, Gonville & Caius, Jesus and Selwyn Colleges, the Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, the Choristers of Jesus College and St Catharine’s College Girls’ Choir.