With his don juan, the young and aspiring strauss secured himself a lasting place in the musical life of the german empire and proved to be a prematurely consummate. One of the earliest tone poems by strauss, don juan tells of the legendary. The ndr orchestra, conducted by krzysztof urbanski, has chosen to devote its sixth alpha classics recording to three of richard strauss s most famous symphonic poems. Lenaus portrayal of don juan was adopted by richard strauss for a symphonic poem.
Richard georg strauss 11 june 1864 8 september 1949 was a leading german composer of the late romantic and early modern eras. In these live recordings, the symphonieorchester des bayerischen rundfunks and its longtime chief conductor mariss jansons present two heroic tone poems by richard strauss. Richard strauss, an outstanding german romantic composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On todays episode, well hear the national orchestral institute philharmonic perform richard strausss tone poem don juan, from a concert in college park, maryland. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. I think strauss wrote us a part to give us something to do. The musical form is free, though somewhat akin to the sonata form used in the. Richard strauss wrote his tone poem for large orchestra don juan in 1888, and it premiered the following year, representing a breakthrough for the composer. Program notes by phillip huscher richard strauss born june 11, 1864, munich, germany. Strauss don juan baltic sea youth philharmonic live from berlin philharmonie duration. His symphonic poems of the 1890s and his operas of the following decade have remained an indispensable feature of the standard repertoire. On todays episode, well hear the national orchestral institute philharmonic perform richard strauss s tone poem don juan, from a concert in college park, maryland. Catherine bullock viola, louisa tuck cello, oslo philharmonic orchestra, vasily petrenko.
In fact, this youthful piece is filled with some of the best themes strauss ever composed, and its not surprising that from. Redlands symphony proudly presents strausss don juan. Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats flac, alac, wav, aiff. One of the earliest tone poems by strauss, don juan tells of the legendary spanish libertine don juan, who by then already had appeared in works by mozart and other.
The whole tracks are available to listen to and download. In april 1897 richard strauss noted down ideas for new works in his journal. On the surging music from the very beginning he breaks free and sets off on new adventures. Discover littleknown secrets and interesting discorse on its history, creation, and performance.
Here, karajan is his equal in the very least, be it the 73 strauss. Strausss father, franz, was the principal horn player of. His don juan is striking in its instant creation of character, the sheer sweep of its writing. The story of don juan taps a deep territory in the human psyche. Don juan spanish pronounced, also known as don giovanni, is a legendary, fictional libertine. Richard strauss free sheet music to download in pdf, mp3. He based his work on a retelling of the don juan legend by pote nikolaus lenau. Worlds best powerpoint templates crystalgraphics offers more powerpoint templates than anyone else in the world, with over 4 million to choose from.
Born in munich, he mastered the technics of the violin and piano when quite young, and in 187580 studied theory and composition with kapellmeister wilhelm mayer. The work is based on don juans ende, a play derived from an unfinished 1844 retelling of the tale by poet nikolaus lenau after the don juan legend which originated in renaissanceera spain. Richard strauss 1864 1949 richard strauss don juan r. Don quixote and don juan by richard strauss digital. Scan the qr code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some monero. Furtwanglers don juan also has a tremendous swagger to it after all, he himself was an inveterate lothario.
A typical performance of the tone poem takes around sixteen minutes, and the difficulty of the instrumental. The idea that had already come to him in florence in 1896 to compose mad, free variations on a knightly theme had thus grown into a double project. Richard strauss wrote his tone poem for large orchestra don juan in 1888, and it premiered the following year, representing a breakthrough for the composer, who was only twenty four years old when he wrote it. Considered a leading composer of the late romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of richard wagner and franz liszt. Listen free to richard strauss also sprach zarathustra don juan. Also sprach zarathustra by david zinman on amazon music. Along with gustav mahler, he represents the late flowering of german romanticism. The composer conducted its premiere on 11 november 1889 with the orchestra of the. Ppt richard strauss in berlin powerpoint presentation. Oslo phil orch richard strauss don quixote, op 35 don juan, op 20 till eulenspiegels lustige strei. Winner of the standing ovation award for best powerpoint templates from presentations magazine. Also sprach zarathustra, don juan, till eulenspiegel show recording details.
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