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Coventry

War Requiem Fifty Years On: A Magnificent and Moving Occasion in Coventry

10/04/201431/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Britten: War Requiem: Soloists, CBSO and Choruses, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Coventry Cathedral 30.5.2012 (JQ)

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