Work: Serenade for winds in E flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op.7

Hans Graf and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's evening of Richard Strauss showcases the German Romantic's enormous emotional range.

Nelsons, in his “Paths of Romanticism” series, has chosen programs that can be played by a small chamber group made up some of the world’s finest musicians.

There was a delicious chocolate-colored texture to the low bass akin to what Great British Bake-Off aficionados would recognize as the foundation of a great Sachertorte.