BBC Philharmonic at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Date: Tue 23rd Nov
Time: 19:30

Juanjo Mena conductor
Katie Van Kooten soprano
Stephen Johnson presenter

Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Four Last Songs

No composer got closer to heaven than these contrasting meditations on mortality, written at the beginning and end of Richard Strauss’s long career. Death and Transfiguration is a gripping voyage into the hereafter, the fitful heartbeat of the dying artist transforming – through a feverish sequence of memories – into an overwhelming transcendent vision. The autumnal Four Last Songs find Strauss contemplating the passage of time and human existence in the final year of his life, his gift for great melodies as strong as ever. American soprano Katie Van Kooten gives voice to this sublime swansong.

Radio 3 Presenter Stephen Johnson is your guide to these expressive masterpieces, exploring their sound world with live orchestral excerpts before a complete performance of both works.

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Theatre Square
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 5ND

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