Rossini's galloping overture, Schumann's 'Spring' symphony and Richard Strauss' emotional mountaintop

By Dan Margolies,

Published February 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM CST

The Kansas City Symphony performs Richard Strauss' 'Alpine Symphony,' September 2022

This week, learn the full story behind Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" Overture. Plus, we'll hear two towering musical expressions of nature with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony. Co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies delve into each composer's frame of mind and what it is required of the orchestra to perform each work.

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Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
by Gioachino Rossini
David Lockington, guest conductor
Live performance, March 2019

Symphony No. 1 in Bb major, Op. 38
by Robert Schumann
Live performance, January 2017

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
by Richard Strauss
Live performance, September 2022