WDR Happy Hour - Heroes' Lives

Richard Strauss created a truly ecstatic tone poem with "Ein Heldenleben." The 34-year-old promptly declared himself a hero – the music sounds confident and aggressive. For in this symphonic epic, the hero quarrels with his "adversaries." These were all those who rejected Strauss's highly Romantic art. His work creates intoxicating imagery full of love melodies and daring adventures. Every instrument on the stage is called upon in this fervent pl...