Richard Strauss Song Series II

The middle period, his friends and contemporaries

Louise Alder (soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano)
In association with the Kathleen Ferrier Awards

Songs by Strauss, Debussy, Zemlinsky and Thuille

Louise Alder made a triumphant début last summer as the charming Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at the BBC Proms with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. For the Leeds Lieder Strauss Series she looks to his middle period for inspiration. Alongside such popular songs as Morgen! and Cäcilie, Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton (Director of Leeds Lieder) will perform lesser-known songs by Strauss, including his entrancing set of Mädchenblumen as well as exploring works written at the same time by Debussy (his Ariettes oubliées). Exotic colours are also explored in the songs of the Brahms-inspired Viennese-born composer Alexander von Zemlinsky and tonight his setting of Das Rosenband - a text made famous by Strauss’s song of the same name, will be performed. As in the first concert, there will be the opportunity to hear the sparkling folk-like songs by Strauss’s close friend and unjustly neglected contemporary, Ludwig Thuille.

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, University of Leeds
Tickets: £20 / £18 (advance purchase discount*) / Free (students and under 16s)

*advance purchase discount applies to tickets bought up to two 14 days prior to the concert taking place.