Synopsis

Tonight's Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall will be broadcast in stereo on BBC2 and Radio 3. Benjamin Britten’s *War Requiem* stands as one of the century’s most significant choral works: a fervent indictment of war, realized through a setting of the Latin Mass for the Dead interwoven with the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen. Featuring Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), and Thomas Hemsley (baritone). The BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, Wandsworth School Choi