[…] Richard Strauss’s early symphonic poem »Macbeth,« likewise produced by the Concert‑Verein, met with a distinctly more favourable reception this time than on the occasion of its first performance last year by the Berlin Tonkünstler Orchestra, when the composer himself conducted.

At a concert given here recently by Richard Strauss, the programme – a very »modern« one – included his own suite »Aus Italien,« and symphonic poem, »Tod und Verklärung,« as well as the symphonic ballade »Der Woywode,« by Tschaïkovsky, and a number from »Messidor,« by Alfred Bruneau. The two last‑named pieces had not been produced in Vienna before, but failed to arouse any very great interest.

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