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Philzuid

Experience Eine Alpensinfonie
Fri 1 Mar ’24 20:15 uur


Duncan Ward, chief conductor  
Ben Goldscheider, horn

Programme:
Higgens - Horn concerto (European premiere)   
Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie

Fri 1 Mar ’24
20:15 uur

Rising mists, darkened sun, glittering glaciers, storms and thunderstorms... Let yourself be transported to symphonic heights in Eine Alpensinfonie by Richard Strauss. The composer who became famous with tone poems like Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche was a musical master storyteller. He wrote this Alpine Symphony in his composition room with panoramic views of the majestic mountain landscape. In twenty-two evocative, musical scenes, he takes you on an adventurous mountain climb, from sunrise to evening.

Eine Alpensinfonie challenges orchestra and conductor to the highest reaches of their abilities. Before the interval, chief conductor Duncan Ward conducts the European premiere of a horn concerto written especially for Philzuid. Horn soloist is Ben Goldscheider, described by BBC Music Magazine as "a young man of timeless talent.