They are an unlikely duo: the idealistic Don Quixote and his pragmatic servant Sancho Panza. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ famous novel of the knight, Richard Strauss captures the pair’s absurd adventures in his symphonic poem Don Quixote with sensitity and humour; his sound effects include windmill blades in battle, and a tramping herd of sheep.
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Ludwig Quandt
Daniel Harding
Diyang Mei
To open the concert, Daniel Harding conducts Richard Wagner’s festive Tannhäuser overture and Hans Werner Henze’s orchestral work Barcarola, which portrays the transition from life to death with sombre sounds.
Programme:
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle: Overture
Hans Werner Henze
Barcarola
Intermission
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Symphonic Poem, Op. 35
Additional information
Participating artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding
Diyang Mei
Ludwig Quandt
Dates
March 2026
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