Music
The Berlin Philharmonic: The Digital Concert Hall

10th Concert 2018

Mon, 10/15/2018
12:00 PM Goethe-Institut Chicago

Opening of the 2018/2019 season

Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko

Richard Strauss
Don Juan, op. 20

Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), op. 24

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

He may not have officially taken up office yet, but Kirill Petrenko, chief conductor designate of the Berliner Philharmoniker, could not miss the opportunity to conduct his future orchestra at the opening concert of the 2018/2019 season. With the two tone poems Don Juan and Tod und Verklärung by Richard Strauss, two works are programmed which are characterised by sophisticated, colourful and dazzling orchestration.

When Strauss wrote his two tone poems, he was at the beginning of a phenomenal career; By contrast, Ludwig van Beethoven had already reached the pinnacle of his fame when he composed his Seventh Symphony. With its optimistic, rousing and energetic spirit, it earned thundering applause from the audience at its premiere in 1813.