Decades after his death, Richard Strauss enjoyed a posthumous comeback thanks to his searing and cerebral tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra. The indelible opening trumpet fanfare is instantly recognizable from its use in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Barbie. Equally colorful works by Hector Berlioz and Claude Debussy add Gallic flair before the program hurtles to its heart-racing conclusion with John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
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Program Items
Hector Berlioz
Overture to 'Les francs-juges'
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un faune
Hector Berlioz
'Le roi Lear' Overture [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Performers
Mark Elder
Conductor
San Francisco Symphony