Organ cluster chords support children singing about God's promise to Abraham in this work's Offertorium.
One repeated motif in this work is the tritone C and F sharp, which bells play in the background as a soprano describes "lightning from the east" and "the Chariot Throne." This piece premiered one night after the opera King Priam, and its penultimate movement features the request Dona Nobis Pacem while the tenor describes a roadside crucifix. It closes with a libera me as bells punctuate the singing of a child's chorus and an adult's chorus. Organ cluster chords support children singing about God's promise to Abraham in this work's Offertorium. This work was written for the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral and incorporates Latin texts and the poetry of Wilfred Owen. For 10 points, identify this piece for the dead by Benjamin Britten.
One repeated motif in this work is the tritone C and F sharp, which bells play in the background as a soprano describes "lightning from the east" and "the Chariot Throne.
War Requiem