BBC Proms 2016, Prom 72 - Staatskapelle Dresden, Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
The Staatskapelle Dresden, chief conductor Christian Thielemann and violinist Nikolaj Znaider perform Beethoven, Reger and Strauss's tone poem 'Till Eulenspiegel'.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D JS Bach: A minor sonata, slow movement (encore) Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Staatskapelle Dresden Christian Thielemann (conductor)
The Staatskapelle Dresden and its Chief Conductor Christian Thielemann open their second Prom with Beethoven's most radiant, smiling work, his sublime Violin Concerto, in the sure hands of Nikolaj Znaider.
After the interval this famously rich-toned orchestra digs into Max Reger's affectionate and beautifully orchestrated Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart and finally Richard Strauss's witty and abrasive depiction of an impish figure from German folklore, his outlandish tone-poem telling of 'Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks'.
Proms Interval Tom Service talks to the German conductor Christian Thielemann, Principal Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle in an edited version of an interview first broadcast on Music Matters in 2014.
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