Saturday July 14th 2012, 7:30 p.m
Southwell Minster, Southwell
Conductor: Mark Heron, Soprano: Aoife O'Sullivan
Strauss: Four Last Songs
I. Frühling
II. September
III. Beim Schlafengehen
IV. Im Abendrot
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
I. Andante — Allegro con anima
II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza — Moderato con anima — Andante mosso — Allegro non troppo
III. Valse: Allegro moderato
IV. Finale: Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace — Molto vivace — Moderato assai e molto maestoso — Presto
We present two great works by Richard Strauss from the opposite ends of his career. The tone poem Don Juan was his first great success and established Strauss as a leader of the avant-garde, breaking away from traditional forms and harmony. The Four Last Songs, written 60 years later, found Strauss now part of that tradition, and looking back nostalgically to an earlier epoch. Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony dates from the same year as Don Juan, and is one of his finest creations, nervous, passionate, emotional and stormy.
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