Concert Performances

R. Strauss’s “Burleske”

Pianist Blair McMillen and TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, perform Richard Strauss’s Burleske in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on May 10, 2026.

Richard Strauss
Born: 6/11/1864 in Munich
Died: 9/8/1949 at age 85 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Written: 1885–86, in Strauss’s early 20s; revised 1890
Premiered: 6/21/1890 in Eisenach, Germany; Strauss conductor; Eugen d’Albert piano

>Read concert notes by TŌN cellist Christiaan Stefanus van Zyl