BBC Proms: Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’, one of at least three symphonies he left incomplete at his death, is one of his most popular, combining private drama with lyrical sweetness.
The same composer’s alarming song ‘Erlkönig’ inspired Hans Werner Henze to create his vivid orchestral fantasy evoking a terrifying, supernatural night-ride.
‘My new god’ was what Benjamin Britten discovered on hearing his first Mahler symphony soon after leaving school. His arrangement of ‘What the Wild Flowers Tell Me’, the second movement of Mahler’s Third Symphony, reclothes a piece inspired by the abundant blooms around the Austrian composer’s lakeside composing hut by the Swiss Alps.
First performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs is the composer’s achingly nostalgic musical farewell.
Programme
Henze - Erlkönig – orchestral fantasy 6’
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’ 25’
Interval
Mahler, arr. - Britten What the Wild Flowers Tell Me 10’
R. Strauss - Four Last Songs 24’
More Information
Admission
Min: £16.28
Max: £55.04
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Natalya Romaniw - soprano, Paweł Kapuła - conductor
Other key names: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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BBC Proms: Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’
Wednesday, 9 Sep 2026 @7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’, one of at least three symphonies he left incomplete at his death, is one of his most popular, combining private drama with lyrical sweetness.
The same composer’s alarming song ‘Erlkönig’ inspired Hans Werner Henze to create his vivid orchestral fantasy evoking a terrifying, supernatural night-ride.
‘My new god’ was what Benjamin Britten discovered on hearing his first Mahler symphony soon after leaving school. His arrangement of ‘What the Wild Flowers Tell Me’, the second movement of Mahler’s Third Symphony, reclothes a piece inspired by the abundant blooms around the Austrian composer’s lakeside composing hut by the Swiss Alps.
First performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs is the composer’s achingly nostalgic musical farewell.
Programme
Henze - Erlkönig – orchestral fantasy 6’
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’ 25’
Interval
Mahler, arr. - Britten What the Wild Flowers Tell Me 10’
R. Strauss - Four Last Songs 24’
Admission
Min: £16.28
Max: £55.04
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Natalya Romaniw - soprano, Paweł Kapuła - conductor
Other key names: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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