DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION RICHARD STRAUSS .....NEW EXPLANATIONS,VIEWS AND IDEAS

This painting of Salvator Dali shows an optical interpretation of the poem`s beggining! According to the masters indications , the FIRST piece , LARGO, is named the ailing man is dying! It is a fascinating piece of smooth orchestral music beautiful to it`s entirety,the smoothness of the violins is enriched with a magic flute playing ,which has no similarity to whatever i have listened before in my life!!!!!!!

We know that the work was completed at 1889.He was 29 years old then and at this age, you do not think of death!!!! May be the tranquility music is a NEW BEGINNING the implementation of ideas for the long road,the liberation of the mind from uncertainty.Whatever was on his mind then will remain the privilege of the genius to interprete and reveal!

THIS IS THE FAMOUS LASERDISC .PUBLISHED BY SONY AS PART OF THE KARAJAN`S LEGACY COLLECTION.THE FILM WAS SHOT BACK IN 1984 AND IT APPEARED AS A LASEDISC 1990.IT INCLUDES THE ALL SOUL`S DAY CONCERT PERFORMED IN THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC HALL IN 1984!

Τhe work has been presented by Richard Strauss himself on 1990 at Eisenach Festival.This was the premiere!Strauss also conducted it on his first visit in London

We do not know the reaction to the poem,but it is a really mysterious music and it seems that together with the FOUR LAST SONGS it has been a favourite for the composser