Conversations with the Past: Works by Mozart and Strauss

Meghan Lindsay, soprano, Carson Becke, piano and special guest, Annie Corrigan, oboe, present an extraordinary concert of exquisite opera arias and lied including Strauss’s Four Last Songs. 

Meghan Lindsay has performed regularly with Opera Atelier, Pacific Opera Victoria, and Tafelmusik, and appeared in venues such as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Toronto’s Koerner Hall, and the Royal Opera at the Palace of Versailles. With pianist Carson Becke, she will bring a gorgeous program to St John’s, including Carson’s own arrangement of Strauss’s beloved Four Last Songs. Join us for a riveting evening of song.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ah, lo previdi!, K.272 Deh, non varcar quell’onda
Henry Purcell arr. Benjamin Britten:Music for a while
Benjamin Britten:The Salley Gardens
Rebecca Clarke:The Salley Gardens, The Cloths of Heaven
Fernando Obradors: Canciones Clásicas Españolas

— Intermission —

Percy Grainger: Ramble on the final love duet from Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss, arr. Carson Becke: Four Last Songs
Frühling (Spring)
September
Beim schlafengehen (Going to Sleep)
Im Abendrot (At Sunset)