At the heart of this programme lies the music 鈥� and inspiration 鈥� of Schubert. His spacious, warmly radiant 鈥楿nfinished鈥� is often considered the first truly Romantic symphony. Hans Werner Henze responded, like Schubert, to the terror of the evil Elf-king in his balletic Erlk枚nig fantasy, while Tyrolean composer Thomas Larcher quotes from Schubert鈥檚 Das Wandern in his scintillating cycle written for renowned tenor Mark Padmore. We are back in the world of poetry for John Adams鈥檚 mesmerising choral work, Harmonium (1980), in which he illuminates and dramatises verse by John Donne and Emily Dickinson on those subjects so close to Schubert: love and death.
麻豆社 SO Plus Intro
6.00pm Fountain Room
A free introduction to the music in tonight鈥檚 concert.
