Tone Poems

  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra), tone poem inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1896, op. 30 (TrV 176)
     
  • Die Donau, tone poem for organ, chorus and orchestra
    Year of origin: 1941, AV 291 (TrV 284)

     
  • Don Juan, tone poem for large orchestra after Nikolaus Lenau's dramatic poem
    Year of origin: 1888, op. 20 (TrV 156)
     
  • Don Quixote, Fantastic variation on a theme of knightly character for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1897, op. 35 (TrV 184)
     
  • A Hero’s Life (Heldenleben), Tone poem for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1898, op. 40 (TrV 190)
     
  • An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie), for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1915, op. 64 (TrV 233)
     
  • Macbeth, symphonic poem after the Shakespearean Drama for large orchestra
    Year of origin r: 1888, op. 23 (TrV 163)
     
  • Sinfonia Domestica, for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1903, op. 53 (TrV 209)
     
  • Till Eulenspiegel‘s merry pranks (Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche), in Rondeau form for large orchestra
    Year of origin: 1895, op. 28 (TrV 171)
     
  • Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung), tone poem for large orchestra
    Year of origin r: 1889, op. 24 (TrV 158)