EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT SERIES - CHRISTIAN

Special concerts reserved for subscribers. Due to the exceptional quality of the concerts and the limited offer, the average waiting time for subscribers is more than 10 years. With this series, these very special concerts are made available for the first time audiovisually to a wider audience worldwide. For this subscription concert, the Wiener Philharmoniker asked a long-time artistic companion to take the podium: more than 140 concerts and a multitude of celebrated recordings connect Christian Thielemann with the traditional Viennese orchestra. The live recording of his debut on the podium at the Vienna Musikverein almost 23 years ago promptly became a reference recording. On the programme then as now: Richard Strauss' monumental Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony). This work, often regarded as the final and climax of the symphonic poem genre, is juxtaposed with Arnold Schonberg's probably most famous tonal composition, the orchestral version of the string sextet Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Composed in 1899, this highly expressive work by the 25-year-old Schonberg reads, in retrospect, like a swan song to the 19th century.Schonberg and Strauss rarely sound so grandiose. KurierA truly persuasive performance. The New York TimesThe 'Alpine Symphony' under Thielemann has long been a Viennese legend. Die PresseProgram:Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op. 4Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64