Erin Wall, soprano PATRICK HARLIN Rapture BARBER Symphony No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis The first half features Barber’s first symphonic venture, a creative outpouring teeming with drama and lyrical flourish. Composed in the final year of his life, Strauss’ introspective, meditative farewell to the worldly realm is some of the most moving music ever written, and the culmination of his lifelong love affair with the soprano voice.