Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS
Great Performances
HomeBroadcast ScheduleFeedbackNewsletter Great Performances Shop
Musical TheaterOpera on FilmClassical MusicDanceRegional PerformanceCinema
Multimedia PresentationsDialogueEducational ResourcesClassical Music
Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2004 banner
Conductor Christoph Eschenbach (photo by Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Orchestra Association)
Performers
Credits
Dialogue
Related Web Sites
Carnegie Hall
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach
Renée Fleming
Yo-Yo Ma
Richard Strauss Online


1234

MUSICAL SELECTIONS

The evening's program from Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium was recorded on October 6, 2004.

"Don Juan, Op. 20"
Composed by Richard Strauss
Philadelphia Orchestra

"Four Last Songs"
   "Frühling" (Spring)
   "September"
   "Beim Schlafengehn" (Upon Going to Sleep)
   "Im Abendrot" (At Sunset)
Composed by Richard Strauss
Renée Fleming, David Kim (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra

"Cäcilie, Op. 27"
Composed by Richard Strauss
Renée Fleming, Philadelphia Orchestra

"Don Quixote, Op. 35"
   Introduction
   Variation I: Gemachlich
   Variation II: Kriegerisch
   Variation III: Mässiges zeitmass
   Variation IV: Etwas breiter
   Variation V: Sehr langsam
   Variation VI: Schnell
   Variation VII: Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher
   Variation VIII: Gemachlich
   Variation IX: Schnell und sturmisch
   Variation X: Viel breiter
   Finale: Sehr ruhig
Composed by Richard Strauss
Yo-Yo Ma, Roberto Diaz (viola), Philadelphia Orchestra



Top banner photos: An exterior view of Carnegie Hall (photo by Don Perdue), cellist Yo-Yo Ma (photo by Timothy White), and soprano Renée Fleming (photo: Decca/Andrew Eccles).

Conductor Christoph Eschenbach

Leading the Philadelphia Orchestra is conductor Christoph Eschenbach (photo by Chris Lee).

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates the season opening with an all-Richard Strauss program (photo by Jessica Griffin).

Great Performances Shop

This program is not available on DVD or VHS.