Also sprach Zarathustra

Date & Time

Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 19:00

Venue

Konserthuset Stockholm, The Main Hall (Stockholm)

The Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's music is familiar to many from the delightful Sabre Dance of the ballet Gayane, and the Adagio from the ballet Spartacus, from which the swooning theme music for the TV series The Onedin Line was borrowed. Khachaturian unquestionably wrote music that captivates listeners.Unfortunately, his other works have rarely been performed at Konserthuset. Here, it is Jean-Yves Thibaudet who takes on the vibrant and powerful piano concerto, with a beautifully flowing and dreamlike middle movement where... Read full text

Keywords: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Musicians

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft	Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet	Piano

Program

Held by Threads (World Premiere)	Zacharias Wolfe
Piano Concerto	Aram Chatjaturjan
Also sprach Zarathustra	Richard Strauss

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