Symphonic dances: Waltzes in Philharmoniker concerts
The famous Austrian Strauss dynasty were not the only ones who could write wonderful music in three-four time. Composers such as Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel also contributed to the waltz, taking it out of the ballroom and to the concert halls and opera stages. Whether lilting or slow, the original Viennese or shrouded in Finnish melancholy, our selection presents you with works that shed light on the dance in very different ways.
Our recommendations
- Director of the perfect sound: Herbert von Karajan with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- Dmitri Shostakovich in his works
- French music with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- “Unanswered Questions”: Musical Modernism between 1910 and 1920
- Robert Schumann in his works
- A soprano’s perspective: Anna Prohaska’s favourites