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Song Day Event 3

Strauss and his sopranos

Part of the York Concerts 2021/22 Season

Add to my Calendar 19-02-2022 19:30 19-02-2022 21:30 36 Song Day Event 3 Strauss had a life-long love for female voices. In opera, he brought a gallery of powerful heroines to the stage. In life, his greatest bond was with his fiery wife, the soprano Pauline de Ahna, who was in every sense a diva. In song, he explores the beauty, complexity, glamour and variety of the soprano voice like no other composer. This programme journeys through Strauss's life, from his first song, composed aged six, to the Four Last Songs, where he takes his leave of the sensual world with the question 'Is this perhaps death?' and culminates in the sublime trio from Der Rosenkavalier, which he requested should be performed at his funeral. Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
University of York
York
YO10 5DD
England

Programme

Richard Strauss – Song selection

Performers

Siân Dicker – soprano
 Kathryn Rudge – mezzo-soprano
 Rowan Pierce – soprano
 Christopher Glynn – piano

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Programme Note

Strauss had a life-long love for female voices. In opera, he brought a gallery of powerful heroines to the stage. In life, his greatest bond was with his fiery wife, the soprano Pauline de Ahna, who was in every sense a diva. In song, he explores the beauty, complexity, glamour and variety of the soprano voice like no other composer. This programme journeys through Strauss's life, from his first song, composed aged six, to the Four Last Songs, where he takes his leave of the sensual world with the question 'Is this perhaps death?' and culminates in the sublime trio from Der Rosenkavalier, which he requested should be performed at his funeral.

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