‘My subject is War, and the pity of War.
The Poetry is in the pity …
All a poet can do today is warn.’
Wilfred Owen
The words prefacing Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem are as resonant today as in 1962 when the work was first performed.
2025 marks the eightieth year since the ending of the Second World War and the horrifying bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Conductor
Gavin Carr
Soprano: Hiromi Omura
Tenor: James Gilchrist
Baritone: Roderick Williams
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshima Children’s Choir
Date / Hours
6th September – 2025
17.00
Venue
Phoenix Hall, Peace Memorial Park
1-5 Nakajimacho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0811, Japan