Richard Strauss – Wellington Wind Symphony

Why Transcribe Strauss Four Last Songs?

by Web EditorFeature October 21, 2016October 21, 2016Comments are Disabled

Composer, arranger, WWS oboist and music director emeritus Michael Purves-Smith provides unique insight into his thinking as he transcribed Strauss’ Four Last Songs, to be featured on our concerts on October 23 and 30, 2016. Why Transcribe Strauss’ Four Last Songs? by Michael Purves-Smith When Jan Narveson of the Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Music Society first …

Soloist Tony Snyder on playing the Strauss Concerto

by Web EditorFeature October 6, 2014October 6, 2014Comments are Disabled

Our first set of concerts this season features our principal horn player extraordinaire Tony Snyder playing Richard Strauss’ Concerto No. 1 for French Horn. After our rehearsal yesterday, Tony reflected on playing this concerto. Here’s what he had to say. This Strauss concerto is a favourite of mine. I played it in university and again …