Loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Moliere’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The Suite performed tonight was produced with the assistance of the Polish conductor Artur Rodzinski.

Concerts:

• September 10th, 2010 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• September 11th, 2010 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor:

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist:

• Vladimir Anochin, Violin
• Vladislav Shumakov, Viola

Program:

• Wolfgang A. Mozart: Overture “La clemenza di Tito”, K.621
• Wolfgang A. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.364
• Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, op.59 (1945) (The Knight of the Rose)

Written in 1901 and 1902, it is generally regarded as Mahler’s most well known symphony. Open with a funeral trumpet solo, lets TPO bring you to explore the beauty of Mahler, a supreme orchestral technician!

Concerts:

• September 24th, 2010 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• September 25th, 2010 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor:

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist:

Henri Bok, Bass Clarinet

Program:

• Friso van Witck: Concerto for Bass Clarinet
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor