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 ...
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 ...