Richard Strauss im Museum - Mensch und Musik ...

Eine Musik, die fast nur aus Rhythmus besteht und sich dazu scheinbar permanent wiederholt - Steve Reichs "Drumming" war etwas Neues für die Gäste der Londoner Premiere. Das Publikum liebte die Musik, das Establishment weniger. 

Eine Musik, die fast nur aus Rhythmus besteht und sich dazu scheinbar permanent wiederholt - Steve Reichs "Drumming" war etwas Neues für die Gäste der Londoner Premiere. Das Publikum liebte die Musik, das Establishment weniger. 

In this special in-depth exploration of the music of Handel, Richard Wigmore, Gramophone writer and Handel expert, talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the composer, one of the most dominant cultural figures of 18th-century London life. From his early years in Germany and Ita ...  Show more

The soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen has just released an album of Richard Strauss, two late works – the Four Last Songs and the Closing scene from the opera Capriccio. On this new Sony Classical release she's joined by the Gewandhausorchester ...

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal. Richard Strauss was 84 when he completed his last work. It was the Four Last Songs, which, although about death, convey a sense of calm acceptance. It was written of its time in 1948, but it still touches the hea ...  Show more

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No I in G major is one of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo compositions ever written for cello. Yet it was virtually unknown for almost 200 years until the Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals discovered an edition in a thrift shop ...  Show more