Age Recommendation
This production is recommended for ages 6+.
Concert Hall, QPAC
11 - 12 Jul 2025
$80 - $140
A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.
Duration TBC
Beethoven & Strauss
You may recognise it as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Richard Strauss wrote Also Sprach Zarathustra long before that film hit the cinemas. It was his response to a philosophical novel by Nietzsche, so feel free to contemplate the meaning of life when you listen to these triumphant tones. (Or just kick back and let us impress you with some seriously epic brass.)
Maurice Ravel’s La Valse is straight out of Paris, 1920. Is it satire, or an innocent little dance? You can be the judge when you hear it. It’s buoyant, charming, and the quirkiest waltz you’ll encounter.
If you enjoy a bit of bonus content, come along to our Saturday concert. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes will give a one-off performance of Beethoven’s sophisticated Piano Concerto No.3.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor op.37
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathrustra
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes (no interval)
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Interval
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathrustra
Maurice Ravel La valse
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes (including interval)
Artists
Pablo González
Conductor
Javier Perianes
Soloist, pianist
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
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Presented by Queensland Symphony Orchestra
