Strauss's Farewell
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
The octogenarian Richard Strauss never lived long enough to hear the premiere of his gorgeous "Four Last Songs," written as they were just a year before his passing. They have, however, been a staple of the Straussian soprano repertoire ever since; we'll hear them tonight from Karita Mattila and the Berlin Philharmonic.
The dream duo of Peter Serkin and Andreas Schiff take up Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D; we'll also mark the 49th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec with his "Tempest Fantasy." Cellist Leslie Parnas appears with pianist Doris Stevenson at Bargemusic tomorrow in a program of sonatas by Britten, Chopin and Shostakovich; we'll hear the latter work tonight with Parnas and Malcolm Frager.
The dream duo of Peter Serkin and Andreas Schiff take up Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D; we'll also mark the 49th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec with his "Tempest Fantasy." Cellist Leslie Parnas appears with pianist Doris Stevenson at Bargemusic tomorrow in a program of sonatas by Britten, Chopin and Shostakovich; we'll hear the latter work tonight with Parnas and Malcolm Frager.
