The opening bells in this work introduce the F sharp to C tritone, which recurs often as a motif for rest.
The baritone sings of "the blast of lightning from the east, the flourish of loud clouds" in this choral work's fourth movement, while in its third movement the composer introduces and then deconstructs a fugue, mirroring the inversion of the parable of Abraham and Isaac in the accompanying text. The opening bells in this work introduce the F sharp to C tritone, which recurs often as a motif for rest. In this work's last movement, the tenor and baritone repeatedly sing "Let us sleep now" in parallel to the chorus, which concludes with "requiescat in pace". Earlier the tenor sings of escaping "down some profound dull tunnel" and addresses the baritone as a "strange friend". This work was commissioned for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral. Drawing text from nine poems of Wilfred Owen as well as the Latin Mass, for 10 points, name this work by Benjamin Britten.
The baritone sings of "the blast of lightning from the east, the flourish of loud clouds" in this choral work's fourth movement, while in its third movement the composer introduces and then deconstructs a fugue, mirroring the inversion of the parable of Abraham and Isaac in the accompanying text.
{War Requiem}