Lyodoh Kaneko

Brussels Philharmonic, Victor-Julien Laferrière, Karel Steylaerts & Sascha Goetzel

Name: Brussels Philharmonic, Victor-Julien Laferrière, Karel Steylaerts & Sascha Goetzel — Strauss: Don Quixote
Start: 2026-10-30T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-30T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Flagey

Strauss: Don Quixote

Fri 30 Oct 20:15

Studio 4

tickets

30 Oct

20:15

tickets

Program

Emilie Mayer, Faust-Ouverture, Op. 46
Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote, op. 35

artist(s)

Brussels Philharmonic
Victor-Julien Laferrière, cello
Karel Steylaerts, cello
Sascha Goetzel, cond.
Belgium Cello Society

« To surrender dreams — this may be madness. »

Schumann wrote the first true cello concerto, though he never heard it performed during his lifetime. Its enduring popularity lies in its emotional depth, as Victor Julien-Laferrière notes: “I hope Schumann’s concerto offers the audience a deeply romantic moment, evoking someone alone with their thoughts, in an intimate dialogue with nature.”

Richard Strauss, a master of musical storytelling, reached new heights with Don Quixote. ‘Fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character,’ he subtitled this symphonic poem, based on Cervantes’ book about the knight-errant. And fantastic it is: a masterfully composed tale that sweeps listeners along—at times delicately, at others with irony and flamboyance—into the battle against injustice.

19:30 | Symfomania!
19:30 | introduction: Sander De Keere
20:15 | concert (with intermission, end 22:00)

Flagey, Brussels Philharmonic, Belgian Cello Society