Ian Bostridge sings the “Agnus Dei” movement from Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, accompanied by Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionalle di Santa Cecilia. The interpolated poem is by Wilfred Owen, who was killed in action in France on November 4, 1918, exactly one week before the signing of the armistice that ended World War I:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)