ZARATHUSTRA!
Item details
Date
Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:00PM
Name
ZARATHUSTRA!
Description
Andreas Delfs, conductor | The Naughtons, piano | Anna Steltenpohl, cor anglais
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino ALWYN Autumn Legend JAMES LEE III Sensational Dynamism: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (an RPO Voices of Today Commission) R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
The iconic opening of Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra featured in director Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi film classic 2001: A Space Odyssey will thunder throughout Eastman Theatre. RPO's Anna Steltenpohl features on William Alwyn's haunting Autumn Legend and the Naughtons captivate as they play a Voices of Today commission, James Lee III's Sensational Dynamism: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, inspired by gymnastics.
Supported by Deborah Ronnen