Richard Strauss

(1864 - 1949)

Don Quixote

1. Introduction: Don Quixote loses his sanity after reading novels about knights, and decides to become a knight-errant
2. Theme: Don Quixote, knight of the sorrowful countenance
3. Maggiore: Sancho Panza
4. Variation I: Adventure at the Windmills
5. Variation II: The Victorious Struggle Against the Army of the Great Emperor Alifanfaron
6. Variation III: Dialogue between Knight and Squire
7. Variation IV: Unhappy Adventure with a Procession of Pilgrims
8. Variation V: The Knight's Vigil
9. Variation VI: The Meeting with Dulcinea
10. Variation VII: The Ride through the Air
11. Variation VIII: The Unhappy Voyage in the Enchanted Boat
12. Variation IX: Battle with the Magicians
13. Variation X: Duel with the Knight of the Bright Moon
14. Finale: Coming to his senses again – The Death of Don Quixote

Michael Daniels, cello