The conductor Willem Mengelberg was highly regarded for his performances of Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, of which he was music director for 50 years. It’s hardly surprising, then, that this Straussian overture after “Cyrano de Bergerac,” by the Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar, would be right up his alley.
Happy birthday, Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951).
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“The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men’s hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones.” – Cyrano de Bergerac