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The Newman Singers and Newman Chamber Ensemble with Oxford Sinfonia Orchestra. Outstanding soloists: Charlotte Newstead, Peter Willis and Quentin Hayes.
Presented by: The Newman Singers and Orchestra| 0 | OXFORD: Town Hall |
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| P | Friday 23rd November, 2012 |
| N | 8:00pm |
The final words of Benjamin Britten's WAR REQUIEM are of peace & hope, but on-going conflicts around the world suggest
that although almost 50 years have passed since the work was first performed, to celebrate the rebuilding & re-consecration in May 1962 of the bomb-blasted Coventry Cathedral, the sentiments of Wilfred Owen, voiced in the epigraph, have lost none of their relevance: "My subject is War, & the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. All a poet can do today is warn." Time does not lessen their importance or impact. The Newman Singers & Ensemble with the Oxford Sinfonia present the 50th Anniversary performance with outstanding soloists: Charlotte Newstead, Peter Willis & Quentin Hayes on behalf of Kianda Foundation, Kenya.
