Benjamin Britten conducts War Requiem - Live Television Broadcast

Benjamin Britten Conductor Meredith Davies Conductor Heather Harper soprano Thomas Hemsley baritone Peter Pears tenor Melos Ensemble BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra August 4, 1964 I. Requiem Aeternam 6:40 Requiem aeternam (chorus & boys choir) 12:32 “What passing bells” (tenor solo) 14:47 Kyrie eleison (chorus) II. Dies Irae 16:33 Dies irae (chorus) 20:40 “Bugles sang” (baritone solo) 22:59 Liber scriptus (soprano solo & semi-choir) 25:56 “Out there, we walked quite friendly up to death” (baritone & tenor solo) 27:42 Recordare (womens chorus) 31:03 Confutatis (mens chorus) 23:12 “Be slowly lifted up” (baritone solo) 34:00 Dies Irae - reprise (chorus) 35:00 Lacrimosa (soprano solo, choir & tenor solo interspersed)