Wagner Overture, Tannhäuser
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Renée Fleming soprano

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‘It’s so comforting and so beautiful’, says Renée Fleming of Strauss’s Four Last Songs. ‘Every time I sing it, my breathing slows down. I feel as if I’m in an altered state at the end. I never tire of it – ever.’ Fleming has lived with Strauss’s music all her career; one of the great sopranos of our time singing the most resonant song cycle of the twentieth century, this concert is unmissable for that alone. Surrounding it is the cascading hymn of devotion that is Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser, and Beethoven’s most electrifyingly propulsive symphony, possessed by an obsessive and at times demonic rhythmic drive.

Concert generously supported by the Sharp Family

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Wagner: Overture, Tannhäuser
Strauss: Four last songs - I. Fruhling
Strauss: Four last songs - II. September
Strauss: Four last songs - III. Beim Schlafengehn
Strauss: Four last songs - IV. Im Abendrot
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - III. Presto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - IV. Allegro con brio

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This concert will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3




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