“Calm with Classic: Finding Rest with the Insect-Inspired Music of Richard Strauss”

2023-06-01 00:07:14

Welcome back to a new episode of Calm with Classic, the podcast series for your daily moment of rest. Today’s music naturally fits the theme ‘Insects’ again. You will encounter most insects during a walk through nature. As a teenager, Richard Strauss took a long walk through the Alps in 1879. The beautiful views in nature inspired him to make a composition of it later: An Alpine Symphony. Strauss wrote the music for more than 100 instruments, including an organ, a wind machine, and cowbells.