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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Location: Heinz Hall
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM
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Artists

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Program

Richard Danielpour:    Zoroastrian Riddles, Part I   read more
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:    Violin Concerto No. 5   read more   listen
Richard Strauss:    Also sprach Zarathustra   listen

About This Performance

Of his five violin concertos, Mozart's Fifth is nicknamed "Turkish". Conductor Andris Nelsons, a protégé of Mariss Jansons, leads the orchestra in the familiar tone poem by Richard Strauss featured in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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