Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Rossini & Strauss
Free (Free)
Julia Perry — Stabat Mater
Carl Nielsen — Bohmisk Danse-Folketone
Richard Strauss — Metamorphosen: A Study for 23 Strings, TrV 290, AV 142
Jenny Knapp, mezzo-soprano
Allion Salvador, conductor
Rossini – String Sonata in G major
Julia Perry – Stabat Mater
Nielsen – Bohmisk Danse-Folketone
Strauss – Metamorphosen
Richard Strauss' heartbreaking response to the destruction of German cultural heritage at the end of World War II, ten minutes of shockingly modern harmonies in a Locatelli concerto from the 1700s, and a poignant, bitter setting of the Stabat Mater by the underappreciated African American composer Julia Perry, sung by the beautiful mezzo-soprano Jenny Knapp. The second concert of Seattle Philharmonic Strings' second season will charm you with Rossini's String Sonata in G, comfort you in Nielsen's idyllic Bohmisk Danse-Folketone, and deeply move you through Strauss' Metamorphosen.