Benjamin Britten conducts War Requiem Live Television Broadcast

Benjamin Britten Conductor Meredith Davies Conductor Heather Harper soprano Thomas Hemsley baritone Peter Pears tenor Melos Ensemble BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra August 4, 1964 I. Requiem Aeternam 6:40 Requiem aeternam (chorus boys choir) 12:32 What passing bells (tenor solo) 14:47 Kyrie eleison (chorus) II. Dies Irae 16:33 Dies irae (chorus) 20:40 Bugles sang (baritone solo) 22:59 Liber scriptus (soprano solo semichoir) 25:56 Out there, we walked quite friendly up to death (baritone tenor solo) 27:42 Recordare (womens chorus) 31:03 Confutatis (mens chorus) 23:12 Be slowly lifted up (baritone solo) 34:00 Dies Irae reprise (chorus) 35:00 Lacrimosa (soprano solo, choir tenor solo interspersed)