The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has decided to lift its longtime ban on performing the works of the German composer, Richard Strauss who once held an official position in the Nazi regime. The ...
In “Time’s Echo,” the classical music critic Jeremy Eichler examines the life and work of Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. By Kira Thurman TIME’S ECHO: The ...
WHEN I was born, Richard Strauss was fortyeight and was composing the second version of Ariadne. I have wondered for most of my life what happened in the second half of his creative period, what ...