A complete performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, telecast live by the BBC from London’s Royal Albert Hall on August 4, 1964. The soloists are Heather Harper, Thomas Hemsley, and Peter Pears, accompanied by the Melos Ensemble, the London Philharmonic Choir, the BBC Chorus and Choral Society, and the BBC Symphony. Britten conducts the Melos Ensemble and Meredith Davies conducts the full orchestra:
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