A Prussian Requiem
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The Requiem commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One and all those who died in it, soldiers and civilians. Music by John Powell, Libretto by Michael Petry Set the night before the start of the First World War, the Requiem presents the longing for glory of the war-mongering Prussian General, Helmuth von Moltke, whose refusal to accept the peace proposals which were offered to the Kaiser swept the continent into war. Powell suggests that the work could be seen as ‘a requiem to the consequence of one man’s hubris upon the 20th century’. Petry’s libretto places solos in which Moltke veers between confidence and doubt alongside choruses in which the people celebrate the General’s propaganda and nobly accept its terrible consequences. View the CD inner sleeve / lyric book here Programme Purchase in digital or CD formats Listen on Spotify |
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 2018
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The Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague, 2019
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