Cheltenham Town Hall: Main StageCheltenham, South-West, GL50 1QA, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Tuesday 02 December 2025 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Four Last Songs (chamber version by James Ledger) | |
| Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Symphony no. 9 in D major (chamber version by Klaus Simon) |
Performers
| English Symphony Orchestra | |
| Kenneth Woods | Conductor |
| April Fredrick | Soprano |
Composed in the difficult years just after WW2, Strauss’s final masterpiece could well have
been a despairing, angry work. Instead, the Four Last Songs stand as one of music’s most
inspiring expressions of gratitude – for long life, for long love and for a world abundant in music and nature.
The Ninth Symphony of Strauss’s friend & contemporary, Gustav Mahler – his last completed work – sees the composer working through deep despair and resignation (shaken to the core by the sudden death of his daughter in 1907) towards a resolution which abounds in gratitude and love.
Full details of the ESO’s Cheltenham Residency can be found on Bachtrack or via the website provided.
