Richard Strauss:  Beim Schlafengehen

Richard Strauss: Beim Schlafengehen

With this final Song of the Day, I want to return to my deepest musical roots, and I have been agonizing about this selection, which could have been of any of the great classical composers. Mozart would have been an obvious choice, since his music has followed me...
Richard Strauss: Beim Schlafengehen

Richard Strauss: Beim Schlafengehen

As a young American soprano studying opera in the early 2000s, Renée Fleming was my hero. Who am I kidding, she still is. She has the most beautiful tone quality, consummate technique, and an air of ease that makes the whole thing seem effortless. Of course now, as a...
Richard Strauss:  Frülingsstimmen

Richard Strauss: Frülingsstimmen

What would a Spring themed Song of the Day be without Frülingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)? In my mind, Strauss’ zippy waltz conjures a rainy NYC day during morning rush hour when the sidewalks are congested with oversized umbrellas and your goal is to maneuver past...
Richard Strauss:  Schlechtes Wetter

Richard Strauss: Schlechtes Wetter

NYFOS offers a week of cold-weather songs as we settle into the winter season.  From NYFOS’s recording Unquiet Peace: The Lied Between the Wars, Cyndia Sieden sings “Schlechtes Wetter” by Richard Strauss with Steven Blier at the...