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Franz Schubert was only 18 years old when he composed his Third Symphony – a fresh, sparkling work that exudes romantic warmth and sensitivity. It opens a programme offering varying perspectives on Austrian music. Richard Strauss cleverly adapted Vienna’s waltz tradition in his opera Der Rosenkavalier; Franz Welser-Möst conducts the orchestral suite. The programme also features Bernd Richard Deutsch, an important Austrian composer of our time. His work Intensity is sonorous and poignant.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Franz Welser-Möst conductor
Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200
Bernd Richard Deutsch
Intensity (German Premiere)
Interval
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier: Orchestral Suite arranged by Franz Welser-Möst
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
19:15
with Susanne Stähr
Series H: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
19:15
with Susanne Stähr
Series E: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
27 to 86 €
Introduction
18:15
with Susanne Stähr
Series N: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Background
“The most intelligent, famously and fresh orchestra”
Richard Strauss and the Berliner Philharmoniker
The relationship between Richard Strauss and the Berliner Philharmoniker began several years before the composer first conducted the orchestra in a performance of his tone poem In Italien. The winter of 1883/1884 was spent by the then 19-year-old in Berlin, establishing the network which laid the foundations for his phenomenal career as a composer and conductor.
Biography
Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Welser-Möst conducts regularly with major orchestras and opera companies around the world. The New York Times commented: “In an age and an industry in which media visibility is rewarded, Welser-Möst is among the few conductors who have built their reputation solely on their ability ... for the most part he lets the music speak for itself.”
Since 2002, he has served as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, a position he will step down from at the end of the 2026/27 season after a record 25-year tenure. He also enjoys a close artistic relationship with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducting the orchestra regularly at the Musikverein and leading the Vienna New Year’s Concert three times.
Welser-Möst was chief conductor and general music director of the Zurich Opera House from 1995 to 2008 and general music director of the Vienna State Opera from 2010 to 2014. He made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2002.
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