Sun 11 November 6.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
A spectacular performance of John Foulds's magnificent requiem for the 'war dead of all nations', not performed since 1926.
A heartfelt memorial to the dead of all nations, composed just after the end of the First World War. It was performed in the Royal Albert Hall on Armistice Day between 1923 and 1926 as part of the (now Royal) British Legion's original Festivals of Remembrance and then mysteriously vanished from the concert platform. Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein for a concert featuring international soloists, massed choirs, off-stage fanfares and the great organ of the Royal Albert Hall for the first performance of the World Requiem in over 80 years, on the date and in the place for which it was created.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein - conductor
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet - soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton - tenor
Gerald Finley - baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Chorus
Trinity Boys Choir
Pre-concert talk at 5.00pm - Great Hall, Imperial College
John Foulds's A World Requiem
Admission free to ticket-holders for evening concert.
(The Great Hall is in the Sherfield Building, Imperial College Road, which runs between Exhibition Road and Queen's Gate, 5 minutes walk from the Royal Albert Hall).
In association with The Royal British Legion
Supported by The Daily Telegraph
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