OSSCS: Destiny
$10-$25, youth free
Franz Schubert — Incidental Music to Rosamunde D. 797
Franz Schubert — Rosamunde, D. 797
Nikolas Caoile, conductor
Melissa Schiel, mezzo-soprano
Brahms – Schicksalslied, Op. 54
2016 –2017 OSSCS Concerto Competition winner
Schubert – Incidental Music to Rosamunde, D. 797
Johannes Brahms found himself “stirred to his depths” by Friedrich Hölderlin’s poem Hyperion’s Song of Destiny, which contrasted the blissful existence of the gods with the perils of human suffering. Franz Schubert — an unrivaled master of lieder and chamber music — longed to become a successful composer for the stage. His operas failed to gain favor and his incidental music did not fare much better: the play Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress closed after two performances, but contains some of Schubert’s most remarkable music for the theater. Guest conductor Nikolas Caoile will also lead Orchestra Seattle in accompanying the winner of the 2016 –2017 OSSCS Concerto Competition.
Tickets: $25 general, $20 seniors, $10 students, youth free