Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life, today, his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. These two very different men enjoyed an extraordinarily productive partnership. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, Gustav Mahler, with whom Strauss enjoyed a friendly rivalry – spiked, on Mahler’s side, with a dash of resentment. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, the Nazi High Command, with whom the composer enjoyed what was, for some, an uncomfortably close relationship. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, his 'domineering and difficult, yet devoted' wife, soprano Pauline de Ahna. Their marriage lasted nearly 55 years. Show more
Donald Macleod explores key figures in Strauss’s life. Today, we escape the real world to meet the larger-than-life fictional characters that populated the composer’s imagination. Show more