An Alpine Symphony
Thursday, August 18, 2022, 6:30 PM MDT
Sun Valley Pavilion
Festival Orchestra
Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar
R. Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie [An Alpine Symphony], Op. 64
Program note: An Alpine Symphony
Strauss established his international reputation writing tone poems, a genre that originated with Liszt but that Strauss himself elevated and in large part defined for future composers. Between 1886 and 1899, Strauss composed eight tone poems, including Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, and Till Eulenspiegel. At the turn of the century, he turned his attention to opera, composing just two more tone poems during his career: Sinfonia Domestica in 1904 and An Alpine Symphony....
2022 digital program book
Printed programs are available at the concerts, at the Festival Welcome Center and Store (open during rehearsal and 5:00-8:00 PM; closed during the concert), or outside the Festival office at 120 2nd, Ave. North, Ketchum.