Four Last Songs
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One of the world’s most acclaimed conductors, Sir Donald Runnicles, returns to the NZSO in a programme of pure luxury and ravishing beauty.
Duration:
1 hour and 50 minutes, including interval
Type:
Mainstage
Featured Artist(s):
Sir Donald Runnicles
, Role
Madeleine Pierard
, Role
Composer(s):
Strauss; Brahms
Programme
R Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Sir Donald Runnicles appears with generous support from Dame Bronwen Holdsworth DNZM.
The sensuous, glittering raptures of the Rosenkavalier Suite evoke the decadence of 18th century Vienna in a dazzling array of complex waltzes.
Then delve deeper into Richard Strauss’ most personal, revealing and achingly beautiful music with his sublime Four Last Songs. These profound songs, performed by silver-voiced soprano Madeleine Pierard, sumptuously evoke a sunset portrait of a wife well loved and a life well lived.
We balance this decadence with the crystalline Symphony No. 3 from Johannes Brahms. In music that plays between light and shadow, the work takes on as its organising motto frei aber froh — free but happy.
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Fri, 2 Oct
Mainstage
Michael Fowler Centre Auditorium
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 3 Oct
Mainstage
Auckland Town Hall Great Hall
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Featured artists
Sir Donald Runnicles
Role
Madeleine Pierard
Role
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