Week of June 29, 2009
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano
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Program:
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Schubert: Des Madchens Klage
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Description:
Just before American soprano Christine Brewer's mother passed away, she claimed to hear birds singing -- an image Brewer holds to this day as she sings Strauss' luminous Four Last Songs, which ends with a pair of bird-like flutes winging toward the sunset.
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Brian Newhouse is the senior producer and host of SymphonyCast, a weekly program showcasing the world's great orchestras. He holds degrees in voice and English, and won a Peabody Award for the seven-part radio documentary The Mississippi: River of Song. Simon and Schuster published his memoir, A Crossing, in 1998. Learn more about this program
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