In 1965, the United Nations asked Benjamin Britten to compose a choral work to celebrate the organization’s 20th anniversary. The piece, it hoped, would be “the natural and inevitable sequel to the War Requiem.” The Secretary-General, U Thant, explained that the new work would be premiered at the UN Day concert on October 24, 1965, […]
Author Archives: Isobel Roele
… is Reader in Law at Queen Mary University of London. She is author of Articulating Security (Cambridge University Press, 2022); her current project is on the United Nations and the arts.