An Alpine Symphony
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An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, is a tone poem for large orchestra written by German composer Richard Strauss which premiered in 1915. It is one of Strauss's largest non-operatic works; the score calls fo
Richard Strauss in 1917, drawing by Emil Orlík
The Heimgarten in Southern Bavaria, where Strauss drew inspiration for the composition.
A modern wind machine, an instrument that is used to create storm effects
Christian Thielemann
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Christian Thielemann is a German conductor. He is Generalmusikdirektor of the Berlin State Opera and chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin.
Conducting at the Vienna State Opera in 2022
Thielemann on stage (front, second from the left) with Kwangchul Yoon, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Johann Botha at the Bayreuth Festival Orchstra, 2013.
Thielemann at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2024, with Elisabeth Sobotka.