Heroes - 75 years of the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
- 09/20/2025, from 19.30 to 21.30
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- Tickets for the concert
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The season begins playfully and cheekily with the tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks: Richard Strauss leads us acoustically through the pranks of the shrewd anti-hero in fast-forward. The Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by its chief conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, then plays its way through further emotional and emotional states with Gustav Mahler's songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle, a globally sought-after opera star from New York to Bayreuth, creates a musical image of human life in all its facets as an equally gifted lieder singer. It is no coincidence that Beethoven's famous Eroica is in E flat major, as the key is considered sublime and solemn. The musicians of the Graz Philharmonic have every reason to celebrate this year: the orchestra can look back on 75 years of existence and thus on three quarters of a century of sound and playing tradition, which it is delighted to continue in this concert.
Programme:
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks op. 28 TrV 171
Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Orchesterbegleitung
Rheinlegendchen
Trost im Unglück
Lied des Verfolgten Im Turm
Der Tambourg' sell
Des António von Padua Fischpredigt
Lob des Hohen Verstandes
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Eroica op. 55
Instrumentation:
Musical direction: Vassilis Christopoulos
Baritone: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
