Imposing choral forces join together for Richard Hickox 's final concert in Wales as principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The single item on the programme is one of the previous century's greatest choral works, a passionate outcry of the inhumanity of war. Recorded last Saturday at St David's Hall in Cardiff and introduced by Louise Fryer.
Janice Watson (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone), Cardiff
Polyphonic Choir, Boy choristers of Gloucester
Cathedral Choir, Boy choristers of Wells Cathedral Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox Britten War Requiem