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Concerts

BRITTEN WAR REQUIEM

Cambridgeshire

Ely Cathedral

24 Jan 2026 at 7:30pm

Performers

Cambridge University Orchestra
Cambridge Symphony Chorus
Cambridge Chorale Scholares
Ryan Wigglesworth
conductor
Marcus Barcham Stevens
leader

Programme

Britten
War Requiem

Britten Sinfonia joins with massed forces from Cambridge University in Benjamin Britten's staggering War Requiem.

Britten’s 1962 War Requiem is one of the twentieth century’s great musical masterpieces. In the surroundings of Ely Cathedral, Britten Sinfonia joins with Cambridge University Orchestra, Cambridge Symphony Chorus and Cambridge Chorale Scholares for an unforgettable concert.

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