Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz

Richard Strauss' fantastically orchestrated symphonic poem "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche" (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) drives its hero musically through a fool's life of ups and downs, in which drasticness is just as much absent as poetry - to kick off the concert, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under its principal conductor Joana Mallwitz will play this rousing piece for you. It is impossible to imagine the cello repertoire without Joseph Haydn - it is hard to believe that the famous virtuoso C major concerto was only found in Prague in 1961, after it had been considered lost since Haydn's lifetime. Gautier Capuçon, a French star of his guild, will interpret it. Also on the program are a Haydn symphony with the belatedly coined epithet "The Bear" and a contemporary examination of the composer by Peter Ruzicka.