Britten’s War Requiem: web links, sound and video
Videos
As an introduction to Britten’s War Requiem, try this 12 minute video offering a fascinating background to the work. http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/war-requiem/3760717405
Also available: The Britten-Pears foundation introduction to the War Requiem.
Text-based resources
Mervyn Cooke’s book ‘Britten-War Requiem’ was written in 1996, (published by Cambridge University Press). Excerpts from this book can be found on Google Books here.
The Times Review of the first performance, Coventry Cathedral May 30th 1962.
Thanks to Kelyn Bacon Darwin for this link for the translation of the Latin text.
www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/Britten/reqtext.html