And go - New Year`s Concert
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks op. 28, TrV 171 (1895)
Emmanuel Chabrier
Fête polonaise (1886/87)
Kurt Weill
Overture to The Silver Lake (1933)
Josef Strauss
Delirien-Walzer (Deliria Waltz) op. 212 (1867)
Hector Berlioz
Rákóczi March (1846)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Rheinische Kirmestänze for 13 wind instruments (1950-62)
William Walton
Crown Imperial (1937)
Maurice Ravel
Boléro (1928)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Markus Stenz conductor
We do not offer an introduction to this concert.
Bold and witty, rebellious and captivating – a great way to kick off the year 2025, together with our audience. Also joining us: Till Eulenspiegel and his Merry Pranks, compiled and turned into a symphonic poem by the Bavarian magician of sound, Richard Strauss. Indeed, this is a milestone in orchestra literature. It is masterfully orchestrated, and was premiered almost exactly 130 years ago by the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne.
Part of the jester’s entourage today, and here to celebrate the New Year with us, please welcome: Maurice Ravel – with what is probably his most unique and most popular stroke of genius, and Rhineland-born Bernd Alois Zimmerman, showing a completely different face this time around, as if to mark the occasion.
What a sparkling cocktail of a concert! Viennese charme, British festiveness, a sprinkle of Rhenish humour and a splash of French elegance, all skillfully mixed and served by yours only, the Gürzenich Orchestra.
