Don Quixote / 3. Philharmonisches Konzert

In the organizer's words:

Igor Stravinsky: "Feu d'artifice" / Maurice Ravel: "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée" / Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole" / Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote" op. 35

"Feu d'artifice" is an early work by Igor Stravinsky, an early firework that does not shy away from an almost literal quotation from Paul Dukas' "Sorcerer's Apprentice". The piece leads directly to the commission of the legendary "Firebird" ballet music that would make Stravinsky immortal.

Maurice Ravel's last three songs, "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée", are the result of a commission for a film about the Spanish knight. The film was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885-1967), with the famous bass Fyodor Shalyapin playing the leading role. Finally, the "Rapsodie espagnole" is a celebration full of passion - it demonstrates the mastery of the instrumentation wizard Ravel.

Reading Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote" also inspired Richard Strauss. The result is a symphonic poem with concertante string instruments: Cello and viola - Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Johann Aparicio Bohórquez and Jonathan Kliegel, the orchestra's principal players, will perform.