Strauss & Scriabin with Daniil Trifonov

Strauss navigates an awe-inspiring adventure through the Austrian Alps, and pianist Daniil Trifonov traces Scriabin’s equally intense journey of the heart. Fabio Luisi Conducts Daniil Trifonov Piano SCRIABIN Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie Employing a titanic orchestra, including wind and thunder machines and offstage brass bands, Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) is as awe-inspiring as the grand mountains it portrays. Navigate a cinematic musical journey inspired by the composer’s teenage adventures in the Austrian Alps, where you’ll take in crashing waterfalls, flowering meadows and raging storms as Strauss conjures nature in all its power and majesty. Pianist Daniil Trifonov — an artist of staggering, superhuman ability — returns to the DSO with his “elegant touch, witty grace and poetic insight” ( New York Times ) to perform Scriabin’s mesmerizing Piano Concerto. A rhapsodic work that moves between moments of wistful melancholy and fevered romance, Scriabin’s concerto is sure to calm the mind and set hearts aflame. Features the Lay Family Organ