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Katie Derham presents a week of programmes featuring music by Strauss and his contrasting influences Mozart and Wagner, in performances from the greatest European orchestras. Through Strauss's career one of the most interesting battles to observe is that between the twin poles of the Mozartian and the Wagnerian. Today, two of his most-loved tone poems bookend works by Brahms and Mozart (the first of five Mozart concerti we'll hear this week). The latter, Ein Heldenleben, quotes music from his early and rarely-heard opera Guntram which is this week's Thursday opera matinee.

2pm
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

2.15pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

3pm
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat, K. 482
Louis Lortie, piano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

3.30pm
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor).