In 2025, Vienna will celebrate the 200th birthday of "Waltz King" Johann Strauss with a festival. The Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, led by General Music Director Andrea Sanguineti, invites you to a cheerful New Year's concert featuring Strauss's waltzes, polkas, and operetta excerpts to kick off the new year.
The fourth symphony concert, concluding the Puccini Year 2024, focuses entirely on the Italian composer's work, featuring rare instrumental pieces like the "Preludio sinfonico" and "Capriccio sinfonico." These works, composed during his studies, hint at his future operatic style. The concert also includes his "Messa di Gloria," a masterpiece blending orchestral splendor, operatic melodies, and sacred music.
The fourth symphony concert, concluding the Puccini Year 2024, focuses entirely on the Italian composer's work, featuring rare instrumental pieces like the "Preludio sinfonico" and "Capriccio sinfonico." These works, composed during his studies, hint at his future operatic style. The concert also includes his "Messa di Gloria," a masterpiece blending orchestral splendor, operatic melodies, and sacred music.
Dance plays a central role in Ravel's oeuvre, notably in "Boléro," "La valse," and "Daphnis et Chloé." Ravel's inventive instrumentation is evident in these pieces, while Tchaikovsky's "Italian Capriccio" delights audiences with its Mediterranean flair. The program includes Rachmaninoff's first piano concerto.
Dance plays a central role in Ravel's oeuvre, notably in "Boléro," "La valse," and "Daphnis et Chloé." Ravel's inventive instrumentation is evident in these pieces, while Tchaikovsky's "Italian Capriccio" delights audiences with its Mediterranean flair. The program includes Rachmaninoff's first piano concerto.
Scheherazade captivated Sultan Schahriar with wondrous tales and songs for 1001 nights, escaping death. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" suite, based on "One Thousand and One Nights", is a colorful composition. The solo violin and harp weave enchanting melodies as Scheherazade narrates, escaping death. Conducted by Andrea Sanguineti, the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra transports listeners to a mystical world.
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" brings the enchanting tales of "One Thousand and One Nights" to life, where Scheherazade escapes death with her stories. "The Butterfly Lovers" tells of a Chinese love story where lovers transform into butterflies, overcoming death. "Powder Her Face" portrays the scandalous life of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, full of affairs and divorces.
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" brings the enchanting tales of "One Thousand and One Nights" to life, where Scheherazade escapes death with her stories. "The Butterfly Lovers" tells of a Chinese love story where lovers transform into butterflies, overcoming death. "Powder Her Face" portrays the scandalous life of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, full of affairs and divorces.
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