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This concert features works that explore themes of witchcraft and the supernatural, including Mendelssohn's vibrant depiction of Walpurgis Night and Strauss's darkly intense tone poem based on Macbeth. The program also highlights the rediscovery of the Swedish composer Helena Munktell's symphonic poem, 'Valborgsmessoeld'.

Programme

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Helena Munktell

Valborgsmessoeld (Walpurgisfeuer), symphonische Dichtung op. 24

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Richard Strauss

Macbeth op. 23

Late Romantic · Orchestral

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Ballade für Soli, Chor und Orchester op. 60

Romantic · Vocal

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