In his score of Eine Alpensymfonie, Richard Strauss wrote all the stages of the programme, which evokes a day in the Bavarian Alps: Night, Sunrise, Ascent, Visit to the Forest...

There are some sixty episodes, some of which seem picturesque and rural film music, while others showcase his virtuoso art of orchestration, such as the unforgettable Storm and Storm. The final Descent, followed by the Sunset, concludes this impressively virtuoso work.