Prom 72: Britten " War Requiem at Royal Albert Hall, London
A potent statement of Benjamin Britten's pacifist beliefs, BBC's Prom: 72 will be performed at The Royal Albert Hall on September 6. Britten's War Requiem was composed in the shadow of the Second World War, but it also redolent of the carnage that came with the First War vis-a-vis Wilfred Owen's war poetry. Today, Britten's War Requiem remains entrenched in our conscience as one of the most overwhelming ar…