The season closes with two genuine masterpieces – Mozart’s sprightly Symphony No. 40 in G minor, a work deeply admired by Richard Strauss, and Strauss’ monumental An Alpine Symphony, a composition of ...

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' ...

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 ...

A trip to the top of the world is in order for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) this weekend as it presents Richard Strauss’ “An Alpine Symphony,” the composer’s last and largest orchestral work.

Harrowing tales of mountain climbing filled theaters this summer in such films as Meru and Everest. But exactly 100 years ago today, audiences took a different kind of climb when Richard Strauss ...

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 ...