Hannu Lintu leads the orchestra in performances of Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland and Mahler Symphony No 1

Wagner Parsifal: Good Friday Music
Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland
Strauss Meinem Kinde
Strauss Zueignung
Strauss Morgen
Strauss Cäcilie
Mahler Symphony No 1                          

Orchestra of Opera North

Hannu Lintu conductor
Amanda Roocroft soprano

Amanda Roocroft, winner of the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, performs five songs by Strauss, including Cäcilie and Morgen which were love poems Strauss set to music as a gift for his wife. Cäcilie opens with the words “If you but knew, sweet, what ‘tis to dream of fond, burning kisses, of wand’ring and resting with the belov’d one; gazing fondly, caressing and chatting, could I but tell you, your heart would assent.”

Mahler's first symphony features a large orchestra but it is not until the last movement that all of the instruments are heard together. The third movement features a double bass solo, a rarity in orchestral music, and Mahler based this on the tune of Frères Jacques. However, he changed the key from major to minor and it is performed in the style of a funeral march – quite different from the original!

"I believe that through Art all men are saved." Wagner

Read a review of the Orchestra of Opera North when they performed at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday 5 December 2009

This concert will finish at approximately 9.20pm

Pre-concert talk 6.45pm
Albert Room
Julian Rushton discusses the evening’s works.
Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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