Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen performs Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs , written at the end of his life, reflecting on love, beauty, and acceptance of fate. The program opens with “Nicht zu schnell”, a tender miniature orchestrated by Colin Matthews from Mahler’s unfinished sketches, and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony closes with a burst of vitality and joy.
Mahler/orch. Colin Matthews
“Nicht zu schnell” from Piano Quartet
R. Strauss
Four Last Songs
Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Gustavo Gimeno — conductor
Rachel Willis-Sørensen — soprano
Roy Thomson Hall · 60 Simcoe Street
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