Serenade
in E flat Major for 13 Winds, Opus 7
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Strauss wrote the Wind Serenade op. 7 when he was only 17. This ten-minute single movement work is in traditional sonata form. The melodic and harmonic content of this piece already revealed the mature Strauss. Filled with soaring passion, dramaticism and lyricism, this serenade has remained firmly in the concert hall repertory.