“A Call for Peace” featuring the “War Requiem” by Benjamin Britten

Name: “A Call for Peace” featuring the “War Requiem” by Benjamin Britten
Start: 2026-04-24T19:30:00-06:00
End: 2026-04-25T21:30:00-06:00
Location: Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Schedule

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Libby Gardner Concert Hall | Salt Lake City, UT

Benjamin Britten’s masterpiec, linking past and present by interweaving poems on the horrors of war by WWI poet and soldier Wilfred Owen.
About this Event

A haunting and monumental work, Britten’s War Requiem weaves the Latin Mass for the dead with the wartime poetry of Wilfred Owen to deliver a searing meditation on loss, faith, and the futility of war — performed with full orchestra, choir, and soloists.