大象传媒

大象传媒 National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
1 Jun 2023, St David's Hall, Cardiff
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大象传媒 NOW 2022-23 Season Season Closing Concert

大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Season Closing Concert
19:30 Thu 1 Jun 2023 St David's Hall, Cardiff
Strauss tells of the Don Quixote's many escapades in this slightly barmy 10 movement tone poem.
Strauss tells of the Don Quixote's many escapades in this slightly barmy 10 movement tone poem.

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Born in Barry, Welsh composer Grace Williams had a particular love of writing for orchestra, and her Concert Overture, which we hear today under the baton of Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft, is a relatively early display of her gift in this genre. We hear this alongside one of Mozart鈥檚 final symphonies, his 39th, which is shrouded in mystery. Uncharacteristically Mozart in style, its slow and grand opening leads to an energetic allegro; a drifting andante bounds into the energetic Minuet, with its unforgettable tunes and bubbly arpeggiated features before jumping into the mischievous monothematic finale.

Strauss often used a story to stimulate his musical imagination, and Don Quixote, with his fantasies filled of the stories he read; of enchantments, quarrels, battles, challenges, wooings, loves and storms, provides more than adequate food for thought. Featuring Alice Neary on solo cello as Don Quixote, and Rebecca Jones on solo viola as his servant, Sancho, Strauss tells of the Don鈥檚 many escapades in this slightly barmy 10 movement tone poem.