Alpine Symphony

BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 (23')

• INTERVAL - (20') STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony (51')

NIKOLAJ SZEPS-ZNAIDER conductor/violin

Richard Strauss boasted that he could depict even a knife and fork in music. So when he set out to paint the full majesty of the Bavarian Alps, the results were... well, hear for yourself as Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and a super-sized Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra scale the summit of the mighty Alpine Symphony. There are waterfalls, glaciers, an ear-splitting storm – and that’s after our multi-tasking guest maestro plays the solo violin in Bruch’s unashamedly romantic Violin Concerto. It was one of Strauss’ favourite pieces, and one of ours, too.