Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Strauss)
Originally, Strauss collaborator Hugo von Hofmannsthal had the idea of reviving Molière's 1670 play Le bourgeois gentilhomme, simplifying its plot, introducing a commedia dell'arte troupe, adding incidental music, and concluding what would be a long evening with a newly written one-act opera called Ariadne auf Naxos.But it was apparent that the result was too long and expensive and that many in the audience for the play were uninterested in the opera, and vice versa.In the case of the opera, this meant Strauss composing a new “Prologue” for it to explain the presence of the comedians.As regards the play, Hofmannsthal devised an ending closer to Molière's original, with Strauss adding to his existing incidental music to support the new conclusion.He finished this task on Christmas Day 1917, and the resulting concert work received its premiere in Berlin on 9 April 1918 with Strauss himself conducting.
Le Bourgeois GentilhommeRichard Straussorchestral suiteHugo von HofmannsthalMolièrecommedia dell'arteincidental musicAriadne auf NaxosStuttgartMolierePeter UstinovBerlinsylphsbaroqueJean-Baptiste LullyNeo-ClassicalDance suite after keyboard pieces by François CouperinDivertimento for chamber orchestra after keyboard pieces by Couperin, Opus 86WoodwindflutespiccoloEnglish hornclarinetsbassoonscontrabassoontrumpetbass tromboneTimpanipercussioncymbalstambourinetrianglebass drumsnare drumglockenspielstringsChristopher HogwoodKammerorchester BaselList of operasList of compositionsGuntramFeuersnotSalomeElektraDer RosenkavalierDie Frau ohne SchattenIntermezzoDie ägyptische HelenaArabellaDie schweigsame FrauFriedenstagDaphneDie Liebe der DanaeCapriccioJosephslegendeSchlagobersVerklungene FesteSymphony No. 1Violin ConcertoHorn Concerto No. 1Symphony No. 2BurleskeDance suite from keyboard pieces by François CouperinWiener Philharmoniker FanfareOlympische HymneJapanese Festival MusicDivertimento for chamber orchestra after keyboard pieces by CouperinHorn Concerto No. 2MetamorphosenOboe ConcertoDuet concertino for clarinet and bassoonTone poemsAus ItalienMacbethDon JuanDeath and TransfigurationTill Eulenspiegel's Merry PranksAlso sprach ZarathustraDon QuixoteEin HeldenlebenSymphonia DomesticaAn Alpine SymphonyPiano SonataCello Sonata in F majorPiano QuartetViolin SonataEnoch ArdenLiederZueignungDie NachtAllerseelenWinternachtStändchenRuhe, meine Seele!CäcilieHeimliche AufforderungMorgen!Traum durch die DämmerungSehnsuchtDer ArbeitsmannBefreitNotturnoDes Dichters AbendgangFreundliche VisionFrühlingsfeierBrentano LiederDer KrämerspiegelFour Last SongsWandrers SturmliedUtan svafvel och fosforTailleferDie TageszeitenDer Rosenkavalier (1926 film)Franz StraussPauline de AhnaHans von BülowMax ReinhardtStefan ZweigJoseph GregorElektra chordTreatise on InstrumentationModernismNeoclassicismNeo-romanticismNeoclassical musicGeorges Auric