Curated by Rafael Popper-Keizer

Musical Program:
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D Major 
Elfrida Andree: Andante quasi recitativo 
George Walker: Lyric for Strings 
Fikret Amirov: Symphony for String Orchestra, mvt. 1 
Schoenberg: Notturno for string orchestra and harp
Finzi: Prelude for String Orchestra in F minor Op. 25 
Pēteris Vasks: Vientulais Enģelis for solo violin and string orchestra 
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor; mvt. 4 Adagietto

For this year’s Heart Strings, A Far Cry’s most sentimental curator, Rafael Popper-Keizer, invites audiences into an evening of unabashedly gorgeous music for strings and harp: music of tenderness, longing, melancholy, devotion, and transcendent beauty. From the familiar warmth of Pachelbel’s Canon in D to the aching serenity of Mahler’s Adagietto, the program gathers luminous works that tug unapologetically at the heartstrings.

Along the way, George Walker’s deeply moving Lyric for Strings mourns and remembers; Pēteris Vasks’ Lonely Angel offers balm for an aching world; and Schoenberg’s lush Notturno shimmers with late-night romance and dreamlike intimacy. Music by Elfrida Andrée, Gerald Finzi, and Fikret Amirov rounds out a program that moves fluidly between ardor, nostalgia, vulnerability, and wonder.

Following the performance, audiences are invited to continue the evening over champagne, sweets, and conversation—because perhaps the most beautiful part of a concert is disco

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