Final Concert 2019
Zubin Mehta conducts Strauss and Beethoven
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Soloists: Amihai Grosz, Ludwig Quandt
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Symphonic Poem, op. 35
Amihai Grosz viola
Ludwig Quandt cello
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 Eroica
Don Quixote, Op. 35 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss for cello, viola, and orchestra. Subtitled
Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character, the work is based on the novel
Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Concluding the concert is Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 3, op. 55, Eroica. One of the composer's most celebrated works, the
Eroica symphony is a large-scale composition that marked the beginning of Beethoven's creative middle-period.
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