Name: Mozart And Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Start: 2025-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Admin

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Lisa Batiashvili

Violin Solo

Orchestra

Mozart And Strauss Ein Heldenleben

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Mozart And Strauss Ein Heldenleben: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 Strauss (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Violin Concerto No. 5

A Hero's Life, op. 40

Rahul Karaguppi

Approved

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the third movement Des Helden Gefährtin (The Hero's Companion) of Ein Heldenleben with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded live in concert at the Barbican in London on 12 February 2023.

Sir Antonio Pappano: conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

The Concert
Two portraits from a magician of orchestral colour, Richard Strauss – plus a young Mozart dances on the violin.

The Music
Richard Strauss’ amazing ability to tell a story in music is on display in this concert. Till Eulenspiegel is a prankster who comes to sticky end (Strauss goes to town when Till’s exploits finally catch up with him). And in Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Strauss appears to be the hero of his own story, with quotations from his other works scattered throughout the score.

Mozart not only composed his Violin Concerto No 5 at the age of only 19, but it was the fifth he had written within nine months. It travels from elegant start to graceful slow movement, with some remarkable instrumental effects in the finale.

The Performers
Lisa Batiashvili is the perfect partner for Mozart’s elegant Concerto, in the final performance of her LSO Artist Portrait series, while Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO bring out every twist and turn in Strauss’ stories.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble