Richard Strauss' iconic opening to Also Sprach Zarathustra evokes a sense of vastness and power, Marin Alsop says. I can't imagine a more stimulating conversation opener than "God is dead." Indeed, ...

Tom Service explores the cosmic tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed by Richard Strauss, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche, and made famous (partly) by Stanley Kubrick. Show more Made famous by ...

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 ...

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