Synopsis

Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic present a concert featuring German late-Romantic music alongside works by three pivotal figures of early 20th-century Vienna. The first half of this performance opens with Wagner's opera *Parsifal*, specifically its evocative Prelude, which is followed by Richard Strauss's *Four Last Songs*, sung by soprano Karita Mattila. Following intermission, the orchestra undertakes explorations of sound by Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg – composers who, though col