Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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One of the 20th century’s grandest and most moving calls for peace is taken up by The Cleveland Orchestra, two of TCO’s choruses, and three preeminent vocalists, all under the baton of Daniel Harding. Born from the horrors of two world wars, Britten’s searing War Requiem intersperses the Latin Requiem text with haunting antiwar poems by British poet and soldier Wilfred Owen. It’s a powerfully emotional experience that you will not soon forget.

There will be a Concert Preview presentation one hour prior to the concert in Mandel Concert Hall with Jamie O’Leary, Frederick R. Selch Associate Professor of Musicology, Oberlin Conservatory.

Support for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is provided by:
Robin Hitchcock Hatch
The Shari Bierman Singer Family
Charles M. Hoppel and Marianne Karwowski Hoppel

Support for The Cleveland Orchestra Youth, Childrens’ Choruses is provided by:
Wesley Family Foundation
The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation
Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

For more information, visit:clevelandorchestra.com/events/brittens-war-requiem