Richard Strauss: Symphonic Imagination

Concert • Classical Music • matinee
Photo: ©Antoine Saito
Date

May 20, 2027

1 performance

10:30 a.m.
Place Maison symphonique
Price
Regular: $34.50 to $103.48 Tx and fees incl.
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal 

For this matinee, the spotlight is on orchestral flair and vivid storytelling. 

Don Juan unfolds with passionate sweep and virtuosic brilliance, soon joined by the mischievous antics of Till Eulenspiegel, where Strauss paints the escapades of his infamous trickster with humor and panache. In the second half, Don Quixote brings a deeper emotional resonance: under Alisa Weilerstein’s cello, the idealistic hero of Cervantes comes alive with nuance, longing, and disarming humanity, guided by Rafael Payare’s inspired direction.

  • Duration 1h35 with intermission

  • Richard STRAUSS, Don Juan, op. 29 (17 min)

    Richard STRAUSS,  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, TrV 171, op. 28 (15 min)

    Richard STRAUSS, Don Quixote, TrV 184, op. 35 (38 min)

  • Conductor

    Rafael Payare

    Cello

    Alisa Weilerstein

  • Production / Presentation

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM)

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