| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-May-2013 St David's Hall | François-Xavier Roth conducts Zarathustra in Cardiff |
.jpg) François-Xavier Roth conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a varied programme of Mozart, Webern and Strauss, concluding with a powerful performance of Also Sprach Zarathustra at St David’s Hall in Cardiff.
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| 19-Jan-2013 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | Where the noise began: Richard Strauss at the Royal Festival Hall |
 A pub quiz question for you, dear reader: with which work did 20th century music begin? The rest is noise, Alex Ross's history of 20th century music, opens with Richard Strauss's 1905 opera Salome, focusing particularly on its final bars. As Princess Salome is crushed under the shields of King Herod's guard, the music turns to what Ross describes as "...a tumult... a howl... a shriek... In effect, the opera ends with eight bars of noise". Last night's all-Strauss concert, which closed with the Dance of the Seven Veils and the last scene from Salome marked the start of a year-long programme of events dedicated to telling the story of 20th century music, inspired by and named after Ross's book.
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| 23-Nov-2012 Usher Hall | RSNO: Prokofiev, Mozart and Strauss with Kazushi Ono and Saleem Abboud Ashkar |
 “Cinderella” and “ballet” might ordinarily suggest glockenspiel-topped delicacy; not in Prokofiev’s case. His ballet Cinderella, and the selection from it chosen by the RSNO, contains great variety. The Introduction’s darkness hints at the exploitation and neglect which are to be vanquished by love and happiness. Prokofiev’s stated aim to write a ballet which was “as danceable as possible” did not rule out the burlesque.Read full review... | |
| 24-Feb-2012 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Thus Spake Zarathustra: A thrilling evening from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
 The Sydney Symphony Orchestra continued their pairing of Beethoven and Strauss with two works based on different types of heros – the tragic hero of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and the more Romantic, all-conquering hero of Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra, based on Nietzsche’s book. Sandwiched in between these two works was Brahms’ sublime Violin Concerto, featuring guest soloist Lisa Batiashvili.
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