Haydn & Richard Strauss

PROGRAMME
R. Strauss Metamorphosen
Haydn The Seven Last Words Of Christ
 
CHRISTOPH ALTSTAEDT CONDUCTOR
MARY McCABE SOPRANO
JENNY BOURKE MEZZO SOPRANO
EUAN McDONALD TENOR
SEAMUS BRADY BARITONE
NI OPERA CHORUS

• Concert start: 7.45 PM
• Concert end (approx.): 9.40 PM

Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ is a deep, contemplative drama based on the events leading up to the crucifixion and the earthquake that marked the moment of Jesus’s death. The music pulls us into an ominous and unsettled world; a lament at the foot of the cross. Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen for strings is another lament, this time for the destruction wrought in Munich in World War II and the shattering of cultural life as the composer knew it. Full of loss and anguish – but also serenity and majesty – this is music for meditation and reflection this Good Friday.

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