An evening dedicated almost entirely to one of the composers most championed by Christoph von Dohnányi during his distinguished musical life: the last great German Romantic composer, Richard Strauss. The programme spans more than 60 years of Strauss’s compositional life and is framed by two sparkling miniature musical pen portraits - the flamboyant Don Juan, his first tone poem, which set the musical world on fire in 1888, and the nimble and witty Till Eulenspiegel, chronicling its eponymous hero’s ”merry pranks”. In between, a different Strauss altogether: the sublime, and deeply moving Four Last Songs; an autumnal, eloquent and deeply honest meditation on the end of life.
This concert is supported by The Meyer Foundation
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More concerts with Christoph von Dohnányi:
Dohnányi conducts in London
Jun 07 2012, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Christoph von Dohnányi conducts Brahms' Symphony No. 2 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Andreas Haefliger. Also performed is the Overture from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dohnányi conducts in London
Oct 18 2012, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Christoph von Dohnányi conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27, performed by Martin Helmchen, and Bruckner's monumental Symphony No. 8
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Strauss Don Juan
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Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Ein Heldenleben
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London 2011/12 season
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