大象传媒

Shostakovich once said of his Tenth Symphony 'I wanted to portray human emotions and passions'. Eight years in the making, the piece premiered after Stalin's death in 1953 and it is an extraordinary release of pent-up feelings, sadness, uncertainty and deep philosophical reflection.

Richard Strauss also reflected on the profound themes of life and death in his evocative Tod und Verkl盲rung (Death and Transfiguration), a snapshot of an artist at the end of his life. Conductor G眉nther Herbig guides us tonight and he's joined by soprano Inger Dam-Jensen for Strauss's glorious Brentano Songs Op 68.