Concert
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Britten’s “War Requiem”
Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with James Jolly
The Berliner Philharmoniker performed Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The musical direction was in the hands of chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle, who talks here with journalist James Jolly about the poignant mass for the dead.
© 2013 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Related concert
Category
Artists
Our recommendations
- Sir Simon Rattle and Simon Halsey talk about Stravinsky and Rachmaninov
- Sir Simon Rattle on Witold Lutosławski
- Sir Simon Rattle on Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”
- Andrea Zietzschmann and Simon Rattle on a concert without an audience
- Simon Halsey on Mahler, Bach, Stravinsky
- “Upbeat” with Kirill Petrenko: Alban Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra
