Benjamin Britten - War Requiem - VI. Libera me (Score Video Excerpt)

Listen and follow along with our B&H Study Score Video featuring the official publisher's score of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Boy Choir, Lorna Haywood, soprano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor, Benjamin Luxon, baritone, and Robert Shaw. Commissioned to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destroyed by bombs, Britten used the opportunity to write a large-scale composition embodying his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs. The result, the War Requiem, is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere. Britten intersperses his setting of the traditional Latin Missa pro Defunctis with nine poems of the First World War poet Wilfred Owen, resulting in highly subtle and powerful contrasts and ironies. Written in a direct style, the War Requiem carries overwhelming conviction, and concert audiences the world over continue to respond to its timeless relevance. Watch the episode featuring War Requiem in our series "Benjamin Britten: Notes from the Archive":    • Benjamin Britten: Notes from the Archive -...   Purchase the score: https://bit.ly/WarRequiemScore Learn more about War Requiem: https://bit.ly/WarRequiemInfo Music: War Requiem Composed by Benjamin Britten Performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Boy Choir, Lorna Haywood, soprano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor, Benjamin Luxon, baritone, and Robert Shaw Courtesy of Telarc / Concord #bhstudyscores