Historians often use the term “the long 19th century” to refer to the period from the French Revolution (1789) to the First World War (1914). In music, this roughly corresponds with the period we call ...

Marking the 100th anniversary of An Alpine Symphony, take a guided tour through Strauss' evocative music with conductor Semyon Bychkov and author... Richard Strauss' Musical Mountain Climb Harrowing ...

Twenty-nine years have passed since Richard Strauss’s Salome first shed her veils for Herod, shrieked her demands for the head of John the Baptist, groveled before it, kissed its cold lips. Scene was ...

A prominent personality in the music world celebrated his 60th birthday; City of Vienna made this the occasion for a gala week. Honors both frothy and substantial were recklessly poured upon the head ...

An Alpine Symphony, by Richard Strauss, depicts a dawn to dusk climb up a mountain. We've rounded up two Alpine Symphony experts to be our trail guides up the mountain. Semyon Bychkov is conducting ...