Conductor Philippe Jordan performs the Rose Knight Suite by Richard Strauss

Originally, the sequel taken from The Knight of the Rose is constructed from melodies taken from Strauss’ original opera. Tomas Ille explains: “we transformed a dramatic musical piece into a concert symphonic suite. Maestro Jordan is the author of the general design. He chose the main passages from the original score. We built the musical architecture together. My work focused on the instrumentation and arrangement of the work. The selection of passages follows the story, as presented in the original opera, and the arrangements are based on an autograph of the score, borrowed from the Austrian National Library in Vienna.. (Concert program at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique)

Musical programming

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D Major op 77: 3rd mvt
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
National Orchestra of France
Dir. Philip Jordan
House of Radio and Music, Paris, October 6, 2022

Richard Strauss (Tomáš Ille, arr.)
The Knight of the Rose
National Orchestra of France
Dir. Philip Jordan
House of Radio and Music, Paris, October 6, 2022