BBC Proms 2018 Prom 72, Peter Oundjian, Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform Britten's War Requiem (320kbps .mp3)

BBC Proms 2018 Prom 72, Peter Oundjian, Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform Britten's War Requiem (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Peter Oundjian with soloists Erin Wall, Allan Clayton and Russell Braun in Britten's War Requiem

A powerful statement of the composer’s pacifist beliefs – composed in the shadow of the Second World War, but harking back to the carnage of the First via the war poetry of Wilfred Owen – Britten’s War Requiem today remains one of the most devastating artistic responses to conflict: a work that mourns but also rages against the senseless violence and destruction of war.

The Huddersfield Choral Society, RSNO Chorus (175 this year) and RSNO Junior Chorus (40 this year) join the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its outgoing Music Director Peter Oundjian for a performance marking 100 years since the end of the First World War.

01. Britten War Requiem
01i. Introduction to Britten’s War Requiem

Erin Wall (soprano)
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Russell Braun (baritone)
Huddersfield Choral Society
RSNO Junior Chorus
RSNO Chorus
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian (conductor)

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Kate Molleson
Broadcast: 6 September 2018