Brian Wright introduces two works written during the forties that both remember past calamities and hope for a brighter future. In between them, a more recent work by the Georgian composer Giya Kancheli.
Durufle Requiem
BBC Singers. Stephen Farr (organ), conductor Stephen Cleobury
Kancheli Light Sorrow
New London Children's Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Nelson
Martin In Terra Pax
Judith Howarth (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Martyn Hill (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Stephen Roberts (bass), Brighton Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert
Producer Antony Pitts