Competition

This month, you can win the double CD of the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten, if you can answer our question correctly.

On this winnable double CD, the work is performed by the Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Mariss Jansons, with soloists Emily Magee, Mark Padmore and Christina Gerhaher [BR Klassik 900120].

Previous competition

The answer to our previous question is: From 1954 to 1967, Simeon Ten Holt lived in a bunker near Bergen, without a door or running water. He did however have a grand piano! The winner of the box set with piano works by Ten Holt is Floris Sirag from Groningen. Congratulations!

This month's question

For which occassion did Benjamin Britten write his War Requiem?

What do you have to do?

Send your answer to the above question to » prijsvraag@concertzender.nl before 20 April.

We will select the prize winner from the correct answers sent to us and publish the winner in our next newsletter together with our next competition. The winner will also be personally informed by e-mail.

This column is possible thanks to several record labels. They provide us with CDs, DVDs and concert tickets. This cd-box has been provided by Vereniging Klassieke Zaken.