Antoni Wit Conducts R. Strauss' Alpine Symphony

Published on Nov 14, 2014

Polish maestro Antoni Wit

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Saturday, December 13, 2014

Venue: Concert Hall of NCPA

Prices: 80, 160, 300, 350, 400, 500


Features: On Saturday December 13rd, the Polish maestro Antoni Wit will be conducted the China NCPA Orchestra to presents R. Strauss's masterpiece Alpine Symphony at Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Our Strauss journey concludes with a remarkable pair of his tone poems, a genre made famous by composer. The dramatic Don Juan, written when Strauss was only twenty-four years old, is based on the famous verse-play by the German writer Lenau. The story of Don Juan the serial womaniser who eventually meets a deservingly unsavoury end has also been adapted by other artists into various genres, most notably Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. In Strauss's version, the narrative nature of the music, from the soaring 'Don Juan's theme' that opens the piece to the more lyrical sections as depictions of the seducer's various conquests, allows the audience to follow the story easily. While Don Juan has become a much performed classic on the concert stage, the monumental Alpine Symphony – the very last tone poem written by Strauss – gets much fewer outings because of the large orchestral forces it commands. One of the most ambitious and thrilling works of early Twentieth Century, it is the composer's musical depiction of eleven hours (from twilight just before dawn to the following nightfall) spent climbing an Alpine mountain. Though labelled as a symphony by the composer, the work forgoes the conventions of the traditional multi-movement symphony, consisting of twenty-two continuous sections of music instead. Imbued with Strauss's love of nature, the Alpine Symphony becomes a spiritual experience with its exhilarating climaxes, and NCPA Orchestra is particularly proud to present such a masterpiece that otherwise rarely gets heard in China. To complete the programme, tonight's conductor, the Polish maestro Antoni Wit brings us another tone poem, this time from his homeland: the colourful Eternal Songs is by Mieczysaw Karlowicz, Strauss' cotemporary.


PROGRAMME

Don Juan, Op. 20 -- R. Strauss
Eternal Songs, Op. 10 -- Karlowicz


—— Intermission ——


Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 -- R. Strauss


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Concert Hall of Beijing National Grand Theatre

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