Beethoven Strauss
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 E flat major op. 73
Richard Strauss
Sinfonia domestica op. 53
Duration approx. 2 H. incl. intermission after approx. 45 Min. Introduction 45 min before the performance.
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Abstract
Beethoven Strauss
The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said that music could draw just as much pathos from the quarrels of an ordinary household as from the mortal struggles in Agamemnon’s household. Richard Strauss tried both and, in addition to his opera Elektra, composed a tone poem about a day in the life of a wealthy family — the monumental Sinfonia domestica. He made his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall with the work in 1904. Equally monumental is Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, written at the beginning of the 19th century under the specter of Napoleon’s invasion of Vienna. Martin Helmchen, one of the most sought-after German pianists today, interprets the work together with the Philharmonia Zürich under the baton of Marc Albrecht.