Regenbogen-Konzert

This year's "Rainbow Concert" by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for Christopher Street Day (CSD) will take place on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 7.30 pm in the Old Town Hall. As part of the sponsorship with the Munich Rainbow Foundation, the Rainbow Sound Orchestra Munich (RSO-M) and an ensemble of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra will perform. The "Rainbow Concert" is one of the highlights of the Christopher Street Day Pride Week.

The program:

RAINBOW SOUND ORCHESTRA MUNICH

MARY ELLEN KITCHENS, conductor:

MARIA THERESIA VON AHLEFELDT
Sinfonia in F major I. Allegro
LOUISE FARRENC
Symphony No. 3 in G minor II Adagio cantabile
ETHEL SMYTH
Overture to "The Boatswain's Mate"

ALEXANDER STRAUCH, conductor:

ALEXANDER STRAUCH
Improvisation on sound material from explosante fixe by Pierre Boulez
ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE
Overture to "Céphale et Procris"
ALEXANDER STRAUCH
Intermezzo funèbre
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
from "Les Boréades" I. Ouverture (1st part) II. Suite des vents III. Entrée des Polymnie IV. Contredances en Rondeau (arrangement/arrangement by Alexander Strauch)

ENSEMBLE OF THE MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:

VLADIMIR TOLPYGO, violin
JOHANNA ZAUNSCHIRM, violin
JANNIS RIEKE, viola
FRIEDERIKE ARNHOLD, violoncello
ALEXANDER WEISKOPF, double bass

GABRIELA LENA FRANK
"Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout"
LOUISE FARRENC
String Quintet in E flat major
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
"Voodoo Dolls" for string quintet
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
"Strum" for string quintet