Richard Strauss wasn't exactly the outdoorsy, energetic, mountain-climbing kind of guy. I've seen rare footage of the great composer conducting an orchestra and he barely moved his arms. In fact, I ...

“The Alpine Symphony” doesn’t come around very often. One reason is scale. Richard Strauss’ monumental tone poem requires an extravagant orchestra of 150. Another reason is taste. A spectacular ...

For the past two weeks, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director Andris Nelsons have been warming up for their upcoming tour of Japan by giving Symphony Hall listeners a sneak preview of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s ...

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra opened its 2022-'23 season Friday evening with a program that pulled out all the proverbial stops. The orchestra, under the baton of music director Ken-David Masur, ...

The majestic glory of the Alps and the virtuosity of Veronika Eberle. Principal Conductor Asher Fisch leads WASO through one of the most grandiose and extravagant of all orchestral works, Strauss’ An ...

In 1913, Richard Strauss composed a musical hike into the Alps. Conductor Marin Alsop guides her audience, and her Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,... Mountain Music: Alsop Leads the 'Alpine Symphony' ...