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CSO Sessions

Strauss & Mozart

Season 1, Episode 24 • 01-Dec-2021

CSO musicians perform a program of chamber music works inspired by opera and tone poems. Opening the program is the opening String Sextet from Richard Strauss’ final opera, Capriccio. The opera revolves around the question: which is more important, poetry or music? The lushness of this sextet, composed in a late-Romantic style, indicates the latter. This is followed by an arrangement of Strauss’ beloved tone poem depicting the mercurial prankster, Till Eulenspiegel. A substantial arrangement for wind ensemble of many of the beloved arias and music from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni concludes the program.

PROGRAM
STRAUSS String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85
STRAUSS (arr. Franz Hasenöhrl) Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!, Op. 28
MOZART (arr. Josef Triebensee) Excerpts from Don Giovanni

SPONSORS
Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.

Cast
Stephanie Jeong Violin
Qing Hou Violin
Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Violin
Lawrence Neuman Viola
Weijing Wang Viola
Kenneth Olsen Cello
Brant Taylor Cello
Daniel Armstrong Bass
Robert Kassinger Bass
William Welter Oboe
Lora Schaefer Oboe
John Bruce Yeh Clarinet
William Buchman Bassoon
Dennis Michel Bassoon
Miles Maner Bassoon
David Cooper Horn
James Smelser Horn
Oto Carrillo Horn
Todd Levy Clarinet
Katherine Kohler Clarinet

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