Events for 26. June 2022 - 2. May 2022

Conductor: Helen Harrison   Malcolm Arnold: Scottish Dances Fanny Hensel: Overture in C major Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Mel Bonis "Salome" from "Trois femmes de légendes Florent Schmitt "La Tragédie de Salomé Richard Strauss "Dance of the seven veils" from "Salome Igor Stravinsky "Le sacre du printemps"   Conductor: Andreas Hotz With: Ladies Choir of the Theater Osnabrück   The premiere of the opera Salome by Richard Strauss in Dresden in 1905 turned into a real scandal. For years afterwards the piece about the desires of the princess of the same name was considered unperformable. Among other things, audiences and critics took offense at the dance of the seven veils, which Salome performs scantily clad for her stepfather. In the meantime, Salome has become one of the modern classics and it is impossible to imagine the repertoire without it. The figure of Salome forms the starting point for this concert. Strauss was not the only one to deal with the Salome theme. The composer Mel Bonis asserted herself in Parisian musical life around 1900 against much patriarchal opposition and became one of the first full-time female composers. Her fascination with strong female figures from literature is evidenced by her Trois femmes de légende, a series in which, in addition to Ophelia and Cleopatra, she also sets Salome to ...