Mahler/orch. Colin Matthews“Nicht zu schnell” from Piano Quartet
R. StraussFour Last Songs
BeethovenSymphony No. 4
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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.
