Please note change of venue to
Mecumstraße 10, 40223 Düsseldorf (Bilk)
Room 208 or 209, 2nd floor
This red brick building, formerly used by Barmer, is
near the bus stop “Feuerbachstraße” on the bus routes
780, 782 and 785, which go from Heinrich-Heine-Allee
towards Erkrath, Solingen or Langenfeld. It is 350
metres’ walk
(5 minutes) along Fruchtstraße from the metro and tram
stop “Karolingerplatz”. From the mainline station,
take tram 704 to Karolingerplatz.
Limited parking might be possible along Feuerbachstraße.
From now on, meetings will start at 16:30!
Our new building closes at 18:30 on Saturday evenings.
Therefore meetings start one hour earlier.
Wilfred Owen and Benjamin Britten – soulmates
Saturday, 28 February 2009, 17:30h
An illustrated talk by Dr Britta Zangen.
When Britten was commissioned to write a War Requiem for the newly rebuilt Coventry Cathedral, he used the compassionate poetry of Wilfred Owen, a young victim of the First World War.
Venue
Room 306 (Club Room, 3rd floor), ‘Die Brücke’
Kasernenstraße 6, 40213 Düsseldorf