The Strauss Songbook

Richard Strauss composed songs unlike anyone before or after him—music of intoxicating beauty, sweeping passion and extraordinary psychological insight. In The Strauss Songbook, soprano Channa Malkin and pianist Nicolas van Poucke guide audiences through the many shades of his imagination, from youthful innocence and tender lyricism to the fragile border between ecstasy and madness. A recital of sumptuous melodies, breathtaking virtuosity and late-Romantic splendour.

Programme

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Selection from Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 3 (solo piano)
Mädchenblumen, Op. 22
Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8
Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1
Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67
Selection from Brentano Lieder, Op. 68, including:
An die Nacht
Amor