<p><br><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/en/event/83493">BUY TICKETS</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maximilian HORNUNG – cello</p><p>Kristīne BLAUMANE – cello</p><p><br></p><p>Conductor <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://en.lnso.lv/andris-poga">Andris POGA</a></p><p><br></p><p>Programme:</p><p><br></p><p>Ludwig van Beethovon Overture <em>Leonore</em></p><p>Ottorino Respighi Adagio with variations for cello and orchestra</p><p>Richard Strauss Tone poem <em>Don Quixote</em></p><p><br></p><p>The festival gala concert will include the imaginative, impressive orchestral tone poem <em>Don Quixote</em> by leading composer of the romantic era Richard Strauss, performed by the LNSO and young German cellist Maximilian Hornung. The work is subtitled ‘Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character’, the protagonist is borrowed from Miguel de Cervantes’s famous novel, and thus the composition is openly programmatic: the music clearly depicts scenes from Cervantes’s novel, creating, in a way, a symphonic animated film. You will also discover the rich, broad sound of the cello in Adagio by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, interpreted by outstanding Latvian cellist Kristīne Blaumane.</p>