Timpanist Ryan DiLisi and Scottish mezzo soprano Karen Cargill will be featured at the May 22 and 24 concerts.

It was part of a repertoire, which also comprised pieces from Richard Strauss, Antonin Dvorak and several other renowned composers, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday. Earlier on March 4 ...

From Oct. 24 to 26, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a concert featuring British composer Hannah Kendall’s “O flower of fire,” Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra” and Franz Liszt’s ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Richard Strauss must have suspected that he would always be mistaken for another composer. How else do you explain “Also Sprach Zarathustra” — the piece that contains his most famous ...

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Like his mentor Mariss Jansons, Andris Nelsons has developed a special affinity with the music of Richard Strauss, in which his conducting combines a thrilling impulse with an appreciation of the ...

Richard Strauss’ fanfare from his tone poem “Also sprach Zarathustra” (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) is inexorably linked to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.” With timpani, trumpet, and ...

Although it may not come with a pin in the title of a song, "Zaratustra talks" is a symphonic poem by R. Strauss famous as the opening theme song of the movie "2001 Space Journey". The grand entrance ...

ABC Classics is proud to unveil a new recording from one of Australia’s finest orchestras, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring leading international soloists Sir Andrew Davis and soprano Erin ...

The National Youth Orchestra’s first recording for Chandos is of the kind of repertoire it is uniquely placed to make its own: size matters if an orchestra is to capture the juggernaut roar of Holst’s ...

“Zarathustra Spitama”, a symphonic poem composed by Iranian maestro Ali (Alexander) Rahbari who is also the conductor of the orchestra, will be performed during the concert, which will be held on ...