Saturday, October 19, 2013 20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 200, 150, 120, 80
Aga Mikolaj, Soprano
Lü Jia, Conductor
Programa:
R. Strauss:
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Tone Poem for Orchestra, op. 40
The cycle Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) is Richard Strauss’ very last and most important work. The work expresses an ambience of equanimity and quietude, as if singing in solitude to the advent of the Death.
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), a tone poem for orchestra composed during the peak of Strauss’ career, is the last milestone and masterpiece of the post-Romantic style. It depicts the composer’s heroic life, in which he successfully climbed to the ridge of art, bravely repelled all kinds of rebuke and enjoyed a low-profile retirement in the end.
Soprano Aga Mikolaj is a student of the late Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. She is frequently praised for her silvery vocal quality and seamless legato line.
The first collaboration between the Macao Orchestra and the Korean Chamber Orchestra is sure to be a harmonious one, bringing audiences stirring renditions of Strauss’ signature work, as well as his final composition!
“Aga Mikolaj, a stunning soprano soloist.” – International Record Review
