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19 May 2018, Barbican, London
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2017-18 Season Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs
19:30 Sat 19 May 2018 Barbican, London
Rescheduled from February 2017, Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs
Rescheduled from February 2017, Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs

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Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs

Strauss’s Four Last Songs are the ultimate romantic orchestral songs – and the final, gorgeous sunset of German Romanticism. This concert finds Jonas Kaufmann breaking new ground in this most rapturous of musical farewells.

True, they’re more usually sung by a soprano, but the prospect of hearing Kaufmann’s transcendent tone and unparalleled sensitivity in Strauss’s final masterpiece is mouth-watering.

Meanwhile regular collaborator Jochen Rieder conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's sumptuous 'In The South' Overture