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Concertgebouw Orchestra Essentials: Richard Strauss

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Sat, Jun 21, 2025, 21:00
The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere.Richard Strauss was unrivalled in his ability to make the most fantastic scenes come to life in music. Cervantes’s novel Don Quixote served as Strauss’s inspiration for his Fantastic Variations on... Read full text
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Concertgebouw Orchestra
Han-Na ChangConductor
Santa VižineViola
Tatjana VassiljevaCello
Thomas VandervekenPresentation

Program

Don Quixote, op. 35 'Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters'Richard Strauss
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