Andris Nelsons conducts an all-Strauss program

Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks is arguably the liveliest and funniest of his tone poems. The German folk hero Till Eulenspiegel is a rogue and ne’er-do-well whose escapades Strauss captures almost cinematically in this brilliantly entertaining piece.

Strauss's Symphonic Fantasy on his earlier opera Die Frau ohne Schatten served several purposes: it was relatively brief, employed a smaller, more manageable orchestra, and contained music that was still unfamiliar enough to be novel.

Richard Strauss's Symphonia domestica is a symphony-like illustration of a day in the life of his own family, elevating everyday subject matter to an exalted artistic plane.