War Requiem op. 66 (Benjamin Britten)

Werkbezeichnung: War Requiem op. 66

Jahr: 1962

Komponist: Benjamin Britten

Satzbezeichnung:

1. Requiem aeternam
Requiem aeternam (Chor und Knabenchor)
"What passing bells" (Tenor solo) – Owens "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Kyrie eleison (Chor)

2. Dies irae
Dies irae (Chor)
"Bugles sang" (Bariton solo) – Owens "But I was Looking at the Permanent Stars"
Liber scriptus (Sopran solo und Chor)
"Out there, we walked quite friendly up to death" (Tenor und Bariton soli) – Owens "The Next War"
Recordare (Frauenchor)
Confutatis (Männerchor)
"Be slowly lifted up" (Bariton solo) – Owens "Sonnet On Seeing a Piece of our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action"
Reprise of Dies irae (Chor)
Lacrimosa (Sopran und Chor) mit "Move him, move him" (Tenor solo) - Owens "Futility"

3. Offertorium
Domine Jesu Christe (Knabenchor)
Sed signifer sanctus (Chor)
Quam olim Abrahae (Chor)
Isaac and Abram (Tenor und Bariton soli) – Owens "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young"
Hostias et preces tibi (Knabenchor)
Reprise of Quam olim Abrahae (Chor)

4. Sanctus
Sanctus und Benedictus (Sopran solo und Chor)
"After the blast of lightning" (Bariton solo) – Owens "The End"

5. Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei (Chor) mit "One ever hangs" (Chor, Tenor solo) – Owens "At a Calvary near the Ancre"

6. Libera me
Libera me (Sopran solo und Chor)
Strange Meeting ("It seemed that out of battle I escaped") (Tenor und Bariton soli) – Owens "Strange Meeting"
In paradisum (Alle)
Conclusion – Requiem Aeternam and Requiescant in Pace (Orgel, Knabenchor und gemischter Chor)

Konzertführer:

• Benjamin Britten

Weiterführende Inhalte:

• Digitale Werkerkundung der Britten-Pears Foundation (engl.)
• Wikipedia (dt.)