Violist Cynthia Phelps and cellist Carter Brey are the soloists in Strauss’ “Don Quixote” on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program: "Ein Heldenleben" and Bettison's "Threaded Madrigals".
From Carnegie Hall, the West-Eastern Divan orchestra on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Daniel Barenboim leads the group in music by Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky
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A Richard Strauss tone poem double-bill on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Tilting at windwills, it's "Don Quixote" by Strauss, with "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's Life) as the 'double' of this double-billing.
It’s the New York Philharmionc 175th Birthday Concert on the “Evening Concert”
The cello soloist and the viola soloist are the 'musical voices' to the two main characters of "Don Quixote" in his tone poem on that subject.