WALTZ VARIATIONS AND VIOLIN SPLENDOUR
Austria was celebrating its 90th anniversary and Richard Strauss provided the appropriate music: his "Rosenkavalier" suite. It was premiered in 1946 by the Wiener Symphoniker in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus, conducted by Hans Swarovski. Today, the new chief conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker takes on the task of organising Strauss' ambiguous suite with all kinds of waltzes. Petr Popelka also includes Josef Strauss' "Dynamiden" waltz in the programme, as well as Erich Wolfgang Korngold's voluptuous violin concerto, which will be interpreted by French violin virtuoso Renaud Capuçon. An evening between the ambiguity of the waltz and great late Romanticism.
Interpreters
- Conductor
- Petr Popelka
- Violin
- Renaud Capuçon
- Wiener Symphoniker
Programme
"Die Weihe des Hauses" ("The Consecration of the House"), overture in C major op. 124
Ludwig van Beethoven
Duration:
11 Minuten
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 35
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
1st movement: Moderato nobile
2nd movement: Romanze. Andante
3rd movement: Finale. Allegro assai vivace
Duration:
23 Minuten
— Intermission —
"Der Rosenkavalier", Suite for Orchestra from the Opera with the same Title TrV 227d (WoO 145)
Richard Strauss
Duration:
22 Minuten