Strauss鈥檚 Four Last Songs are the ultimate romantic orchestral songs 鈥� and the final, gorgeous sunset of German Romanticism. This concert finds Jonas Kaufmann breaking new ground in this most rapturous of musical farewells.

True, they鈥檙e more usually sung by a soprano, but the prospect of hearing Kaufmann鈥檚 transcendent tone and unparalleled sensitivity in Strauss鈥檚 final masterpiece is mouth-watering.

Meanwhile regular collaborator Jochen Rieder conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's sumptuous 'In The South' Overture