Klaus M kel and the Britten War Requiem

Parterre Box

Klaus M kel has been announced as a late addition to lead the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s War Requiem, a work whose massive forces and disparate stylistic layers demand an exceptional grasp of large-scale architecture. The work’s success depends on the conductor's ability to balance the intimate chamber settings of the Owen poems with the liturgical tuba mirum (the trumpet's call to judgment in a Requiem mass) of the full orchestra. This appearance will be a significant test of M kel ’s ability to manage the emotional weight and technical complexity of the British choral tradition within the context of a major American institution.