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Four Last Songs

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Four Last Songs

Sequence of songs for soprano and orchestra by Richard Strauss, composed in 1948, his last work. They were first performed in London, England, on 22 May 1950, with soloist Kirsten Flagstad, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The first three texts are by Hermann Hesse, Frühling, September, and Beim Schlafengehen; no. 4 is by Joseph von Eichendorff, Im Abendrot.



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However, there are five works new to SFB, including three world premieres and the SFB premieres of Christopher Bruce's Sergeant Early's Dream and Ben Stevenson's Four Last Songs.
Perhaps the highest expression to date of Aaron and Feld's relationship is Endsong, the 1991 lyric masterpiece that Feld choreographed to Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs.
 
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