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Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker perform a concert of German late-Romantic music and works by three great pioneers of early 20th century Vienna. In the first half of this prom the opening Prelude from Wagner's opera Parsifal is paired with the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss sung by soprano Karita Mattila . After the interval, orchestral adventures by Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, who collectively became known as the the Second Viennese School but each developed their own distinct creative voice.