Concertgebouw Orchestra Essentials: Richard Strauss

Essentials

Especially for those who have little or no experience with symphonic music, there is Essentials. Get to know the masterpieces that you must have heard, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra and introduced by Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials, a new generation of music lovers is welcomed and there is a pleasantly informal atmosphere.

Strauss' Don Quixote

Cervantes' novel Don Quixote inspired Richard Strauss to write his 'variations on a theme of chivalric character'. Strauss makes the equally heroic and hilarious adventures of the wandering knight and his faithful squire audible with the help of a number of soloists. Solo cellist Tatjana Vassiljeva and solo viola Santa Vižine, supported by the tenor tuba and the bass clarinet, go into battle together with their orchestra. Against what? Windmills, sheep, and of course the knight of the white moon.