Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone performs songs from musicals in which she could have played, should have played, did play and will play. The list of shows includes Hair, Bye Bye Birdie, Funny Girl, West Side Story and Peter Pan and, of course, songs from her Tony Award-winning performances in Evita and Gypsy.
Brahms sets formidable challenges for the soloist in his majestic Violin Concerto; initially considered “unplayable,” it has become a cornerstone of the repertoire. Dvořák’s Ninth, influenced by African-American spirituals, speaks with eloquence and deep feeling.
Friends and rivals during their lifetimes, Mahler and Strauss opened spectacular new vistas in orchestral sound. The soaring vocal lines of Strauss’s lushly scored Four Last Songs surge with heartfelt emotion. Mahler’s haunting Fifth Symphony unfolds on a broad canvas with its intensity.
