Reflections: Lutoslawski, Strauss and Bruckner

Part of the Kirklees Concert Season 2018/2019

Following her vibrant UK début at the Kirklees Concert Season in March 2018, Dalia Stasevska returns to conduct the Kirklees Concert Season finale, as well as making her Leeds Town Hall debut, opening the concert with Lutoslawski’s intense Musique Funèbre for small string orchestra.

Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs are the composer’s gloriously serene and transcendent swansong, with reflections on life and death woven throughout the piece. The vocal lines, supported by solo horn, are a poignant reminiscence on his upbringing and are renowned as some of the most stunning song settings in the canon.

There are few finer culminations to a symphony than the ending of Bruckner’s 7th, and the great adagio is a song of farewell. Bruckner’s music was given little appreciation in his lifetime, but the Seventh Symphony was an exception; an unqualified success at its première in 1884, it remains one of his most popular works. Inspired by Richard Wagner, our Wagner tubas get an outing too as part of the phalanx of brass performing.

BOOK FOR THIS CONCERT HERE: http://bit.ly/ReflectionsHTH

Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
Soprano: Ana Maria Labin

Programme:
Lutoslawski - Musique Funèbre
Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7"

TIME: 7.30pm
Talking Music begins at 6.40pm

This concert is part of the Orchestral season subscription package

HOW TO BOOKfor the Kirklees Concert Season:

Kirklees Town Halls Box Office
Phone: 01484 225755
Online: kirkleestownhalls.co.uk
In person: Holmfirth Visitor Information Centre; Huddersfield Visitor Information Centre & Dewsbury Box Office

Opera North Box Office
Phone: 0844 848 2720*
Online: operanorth.co.uk
In person: 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
*Calls cost 7p per minute plus your telephone company’s access charge

PRICES AND DISCOUNTS:
Tickets:
Full price: £13 - £27
Concessions: £11 - £24
17 – 29 year olds 'Give it a Go': £4
16 and under: £1

Subscription tickets can be booked up to 20 September through Kirklees Town Hall Box Office Tel: 01484 225 755.

BROCHURE - Our handy brochure of ‘what’s on’ can be found here: http://bit.ly/ConcertSeasonBrochure18-19

AUDIO BROCHURE - An audio version of the full Kirklees Concert Season brochure is available here: http://bit.ly/AudioBrochure2018-19

For more information visit http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/concert-season.aspx