Also sprach Zarathustra

21 Jul 2026, Royal Albert Hall

18:00 Tue 21 Jul 2026 Next Event

Proms 2026 Also sprach Zarathustra

18:00 Tue 21 Jul 2026 Royal Albert Hall

John Storg氓rds and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra perform Strauss鈥檚 monumental tone-poem alongside Betsy Jolas鈥檚 evocative Tales of a Summer Sea. Sueye Park joins them for Sibelius鈥檚 Nordic-tinged Violin Concerto

Programme

- - Betsy Jolas
  - Tales of a Summer Sea(15 mins)UK premiere
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Violin Concerto in D minor(35 mins)
- - interval
- - Richard Strauss
  - Also sprach Zarathustra(33 mins)

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About This Event

鈥楽ensational鈥� 2025 Sibelius Competition-winner Sueye Park makes her Proms debut, joining John Storg氓rds and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto. All fire and ice, a love song for the composer鈥檚 own instrument, it鈥檚 the Romantic concerto par excellence: deeply personal and powerfully expressive. Sibelius鈥檚 Nordic lakes meet the choppy ocean waters of Betsy Jolas鈥檚 Tales of a Summer Sea, and later the dark forests and tectonic stirrings of Strauss鈥檚 Nietzsche-inspired tone-poem Also sprach Zarathustra, its blazing orchestral sunrise made famous by Stanley Kubrick鈥檚 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Recorded for broadcast on 麻豆社 TV and 麻豆社 iPlayer

John Storg氓rds 漏 Phil Sharp