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Alpine Symphony

David Zinman Conductor

MOZART Symphony No. 38 Prague
R. STRAUSS Alpine Symphony

Ascend to greater heights with Richard Strauss’ virtuosic Alpine Symphony. Composed for colossal orchestral forces, Strauss takes you on an expedition into the Alps with music that celebrates the elemental wonders of nature. Such a score could not be in finer hands than those of the world-renowned conductor David Zinman, whose recordings of Beethoven, Strauss and Schumann have made him into an international conducting superstar. Zinman has led many of the world’s finest orchestras with his exuberant and effusive passion being said to have made music a better world… {cont below}

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{cont} From the grandeur of the Alps we gaze heavenwards with Mozart’s miraculous Prague Symphony. Gaining its nickname from the Bohemian city in which it was first performed, Mozart’s symphony is filled with moments of compelling complexity, sparkling melodies and a finale that is impressive, effervescent and always graceful. Woody Allen once said that ‘Mozart proves the existence of God’. Under the masterful baton of Maestro Zinman, this concert will certainly be an opportunity to exalt in the divinity of great music.

At last I have learnt to orchestrate Richard Strauss on completion of the Alpine Symphony

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