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Mariss Jansons Conductor

Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Sibelius Symphony No 2

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, one of the top musical ensembles in the world, comes to the Festival for two performances led by its internationally acclaimed Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons. Strauss described Also sprach Zarathustra as ‘the development of the human race from its origin, through the various phases of its development, religious and scientific, up to Nietzsche’s idea of ‘The Superman.’ It is widely known since Stanley Kubrick used it to open his film 2001 A Space Odyssey. Sibelius was a master of orchestral scoring and symphonic writing. His second symphony, with its blazing brassy first movement and its grandiose finale, is one of his greatest.