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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.Programme:
R Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Brahms Symphony No. 3
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.
Sir Donald Runnicles appears with generous support from Dame Bronwen Holdsworth DNZM.
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Event venue
Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield St,Wellington, New Zealand
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