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Il Requiem di guerra [1] (in inglese: War Requiem) è una composizione musicale di Benjamin Britten creata negli anni 1961 - 1962. Fu eseguita per la consacrazione della nuova Cattedrale di Coventry, che fu costruita dopo che la struttura originale del XIV secolo era stata distrutta durante un bombardamento della Seconda guerra mondiale.
Jarman's film can perhaps be best described as a full length music video to showcase Benjamin Britten's 1962 piece War Requiem (written as a dedication to the then newly built Coventry Cathedral, following the destruction of the original 14th century structure during the unrelenting bombing raids of WWII) and the poetry of WWI poet Wilfred Owen.
War Requiem offers us Derek Jarman’s unique revision of the silent film in order to cast a powerful glance on history and war throughout the ages. Starring Tilda Swinton and Laurence Olivier. The experiences of poet Wilfred Owen during World War I set to the music of Benjamin Britten.
19 mag 2024 · With its dialogue-free collage of images evoked by Wilfred Owen's WWI poems and set to the music of Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, made with a budget of just £670,000, can be seen, in a sense, as an extended music video - Jarman directed videos for the likes of The Smiths and Marianne Faithfull. The film's theme and bleak mood reflect Jarman's ...
The War Requiem. This experimental film synthesizes the poetry of Wilfred Owen, wordless reenactments of events from Owen's life, stock footage of 20th-century wars and music by composer Benjamin ...
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War Requiem offers us Derek Jarman’s unique revision of the silent film in order to cast a powerful glance on history and war throughout the ages. Starring Tilda Swinton and Laurence Olivier.
26 feb 2015 · In commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of World War One, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hu...
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