Richard Strauss

A World Premiere with Baiba Skride

Baiba Skride
Marco Borggreve

Saturday, May 4, 2019 (encore Monday, May 13)
8:00 PM

In the final concert of the season, the Latvian violinist is the guest soloist in a world premiere by Sebastian Currier, and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the shimmering vivacity of Stravinsky's "Petrushka."

An All-Strauss Program with Renée Fleming

Renée Fleming
Decca / Andrew Eccles

The American soprano stars in selections from Richard Strauss's opera "Capriccio," and Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the boundless drama of "Also sprach Zarathustra."

"Don Quixote" with Steven Ansell and Yo-Yo Ma

Steven Ansell and Yo-Yo Ma
Marco Borggreve and Jason Bell

Saturday, March 31, 2018 (encore Monday, April 9)
8:00 PM

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an American premiere by Jörg Widmann, and Richard Strauss's whimsical and triumphant "Don Quixote."

A Debut Disc of Beautiful Comedy

By WCRB Staff • Mar 19, 2018
Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists
Koralie Woodward

On WCRB’s CD of the Week, the soloists from the Montreal Symphony call on their virtuosity to bring out the light-heartedness in Beethoven and Richard Strauss.

Leonidas Kavakos plays Prokofiev

Leonidas Kavakos
Courtesy of the artist

Saturday, December 2, 2017

8:00 PM

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Derek BERMEL Elixir
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

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