Salzburg Festival 2024: Dudamel & Grigorian – Vienna Philharmonic

Synopsis

The promise of a Strauss double-bill with the Wiener Philharmoniker would be enough to have most concertgoers swooning – add in audience favourite Asmik Grigorian and Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, and the Salzburg audience could not be more ecstatic. Grigorian interpreted Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder with “penetrating intensity” (VN), capturing the fleeting emotions of each song: “She effortlessly savours Strauss’s soaring flights of fancy and lavishes herself on his wide-ranging cantilenas” (BR Klassik). After this moving performance, Dudamel and the orchestra take the audience on a musical hike with Strauss’ tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie. “Gustavo Dudamel’s interpretation…is so vividly real. The orchestra once again delivers a brilliant performance of expressive, joyfully committed playing” (Opera Online).

Additional Info

• No: A045503090000
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
• Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
• Artists: Asmik Grigorian
• Production year: 2024
• Run time: 01:23:00
• Director: Dick Kuijs
• Producers: Unitel, SWR, ARTE, Wiener Philharmoniker, Salzburg Festival
• Format: 4K