jacques was followed by david willcocks who led the choir almost to the end of the century. he broadened the choir’s repertoire, and they gave the first london concert hall performance of britten's war requiem, conducted by britten himself, with galina vishnevskaya, peter pears and tom krause (who replaced dietrich fischer-dieskau at the last minute) as soloists. the choir then recorded the work and this recording sold more than 200,000 copies in the first five months. willcocks took the choir on tours to many parts of the world. his last performance was in 1998.