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Radio 3 in Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Also sprach Zarathustra

BBC Philharmonic: Also sprach Zarathustra

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Mozart and Richard Strauss from Manchester.

The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Leslie Suganandarajah, in Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra. They are joined by violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing for Bruch's First Violin Concerto.

Richard Strauss's visionary 'Also sprach Zarathustra' and Mozart's intensely dramatic Symphony No. 25 frame a performance of one of the best loved of all violin concertos.

Pure drama inspired by German literature is the bedrock of the programme; Mozart grabs us by the collar in the uncompromising opening to his Symphony No. 25 and sustains its spell to the final bars. After the interval, Richard Strauss's iconic sunrise, famously reused by Stanley Kubrick in '2001: A Space Odyssey', leads us into an exploration of the Nietzsche-inspired philosophical world of Also sprach Zarathustra; stunningly virtuosic writing for the orchestra propels the music forwards as he re-evaluates science, death, joy and passion.

Norwegian star Eldbjørg Hemsing, joins the orchestra for Bruch's most famous Violin Concerto bringing her trademark combination of purity and intensity to rich melody and dazzling dance.


Recorded at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 23 March 2024
Presented by Elizabeth Alker

Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (K 183)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1

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Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin
BBC Philharmonic
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

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