Albee, Edward: 1928 - 2016

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1962 - Music

  • Act 1
    • Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Opus 66.
      The mention of the War Requiem highlights the intellectual and cultural differences between the characters while establishing George's intellectual superiority over Nick. Conducted by Marin Alsop, featuring hundreds of young performers at the Southbank Centre, London

      To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers.
      (Information from Southbank Centre)

  • Act 2
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, directed by Paavo Järvi

      Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps. Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, directed by Jaap van Zweden

  • Act 3
    • Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, played by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony), conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada; Kloster Eberbach; August 22, 2014