II: CENTENARY CONCERT. ERSO 100 festival • SYMPHONIC LUNCHES CONCERT SERIES

PROGRAMME

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

PERFORMERS

ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

Maestro Olari Elts has chosen Richard Strauss's masterpiece for this lunch concert: the philosophical tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's novel of the same name. Strauss took on the ambitious task of setting Nietzsche’s complex concept of human evolution to music. Rather than retelling Nietzsche’s work, Strauss’s piece conveys its spiritual atmosphere. The opening, a sunrise in the mountains seen through the eyes of an ancient prophet, has been used in countless performances, commercials, and films, including Stanley Kubrick’s legendary 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The concert is without intermission and lasts one hour.

PRICES

Full ticket: €16

Discount ticket: €14* 

*Discounted prices apply to students, university students, and pensioners upon presentation of a valid ID at the ticket check.