BBC Philharmonic - Four Last Songs

Rhapsodies on love, death, and lust

Saturday 14 March 2026 7.30pm

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The Bridgewater Hall

Tickets £12.00 to £40.00

(All ticket prices include £3.25 booking fee)

Under-30s, students & claimants £10
Senior citizens 10% off

To book wheelchair seats or other access requirements please email supervisors@bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000

Event TimingsAuditorium Doors: 7.00pm
Concert Start: 7.30pm
Interval: 8.10pm
Concert Finish: 9.15pm

Timings will be updated closer to the concert date. Please check the website on the afternoon of the performance for up-to-date information. All timings are approximate and are subject to change.

BBC Philharmonic - Four Last Songs

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Carter conductor Sarah Wegener soprano

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Edmund Finnis The Landscape Wakes (UK premiere) Bax Tintagel Strauss Four Last Songs

Nicholas Carter, one of the leading opera conductors of his generation, makes his Bridgewater Hall debut.

Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde explores love and death through unresolved dissonance and ecstatic bliss, showcasing some of his most sumptuous music. Soprano Sarah Wegener joins the orchestra for Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the composer’s final, heartbreakingly wistful reflection on life, written in 1948 as he anticipated the end. For pure concentrated personal expression, there’s little like it.

Alongside, Tintagel by Arnold Bax, a rhapsodic tone poem inspired by Cornish myths and the mystery of Tintagel Castle. But before that – hear the latest work from Edmund Finnis, a fast-rising British composer of delicate melodies and glistening, sinewy textures.

The Landscape Wakes is a BBC Philharmonic Orchestra commission, in partnership with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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